Dr Kabiru Getso, Kano State Commissioner for Health, said on Monday that the state recorded about 22,000 deaths in 2015 due to malaria attacks.
The commissioner spoke in Kano at a news conference to mark the World Malaria Day.
Getso said that the number in the state was high because of environmental challenges, adding that it remained the major health concern of the state.
“The present administration recently purchased N59 million worth of items to curb malaria in the state and these include malaria test machines, drugs as well as mosquitoes nets”.
Getso also said that the state had embarked on special training of health workers from the 44 local government areas on malaria management. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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I think the most important thing is to keep our environment clean at all times,no amount of money will stop malaria deaths if we don't take care of our environment.
ReplyDelete22,000 is almost if not more than the poulation of a local govt. If only Kano lost this much, what about the entire north? Yet 80% of those in power are from the north, even the richest man in Africa is a northerner... I won't what they are doing to develop the north. I've always said it that net/insecticide/drugs will not solve the malaria problem. This insect don't breed in our rooms, they breed in stagnant water, why has someone not put in place a team that will help to eradicate/fumigate their breeding ground, since they have a short life span.
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