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| Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal administering a dose of malaria drug to little Aishatu Garba during the flag off of Sokoto's malaria mass prevention and control initiative...23/08/17 |
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has flagged off a mass
house-to-house malaria prevention program with a pledge to administer free
drugs to one million children in Sokoto state.
Speaking at the event, which held in the state capital, Wednesday,
Tambuwal said government has resolved to renew its push against the dreaded
disease, and will deploy religious and traditional institutions to achieve set
target.
He said state government, in collaboration with the
Presidential Malaria Initiative (PMI) and other partners, is providing three
million units of mosquito nets and Seasonal Malaria Chemotherapy (SMC) drugs to
be distributed free of charge in all parts of the state.
"We are spending N300 million for training of
personnel, provision of logistics, vehicles, fumigation and sanitation to
combat the causative factor of the disease.
"Already, the state government has redeemed all its
pledges of counterpart funding in bid to support supervision, social
mobilisation and distribution of drugs to all benefiting health facilities
across Sokoto state," he added.
In his remarks, Special Adviser to the Governor on Malaria
Elimination and Control, Abubakar Chika Umar, said government and partners will distribute SMC
drugs free to all children between three to 59 months in all the 23 LGAs.
"The circle will last for four days at an interval of
one month for three months. This push will be supported by 500 health
facilities in the state," he said.
Umar added that plans are afoot to establish fully
functional malaria elimination units in all the LGAs in the state.
Governor Tambuwal also distributed motorcycles to be used by
roll back malaria officials to be posted to rural communities in Sokoto for
effective administration of the drugs and other preventive measures.
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