Nursing Mothers, Caregivers Laud Anambra Govt On Distribution Of Free Insecticide Treated Nets In Fight Against Malaria

Malaria accounts for the highest percentage of child and maternal deaths in Nigeria.

Based on this, it causes thirty percent and eleven percent of deaths each year meaning that in every three deaths among children below the age of five, malaria will be responsible for at least one of it and as such, any attempt to reduce child and maternal mortality in any society must start with ending and rolling back malaria.

ABS spoke to nursing mothers and other caregivers to see how receiving the free insecticide treated nets from the state government is helping them to protect their children from Malaria.

For the past few days,Anambra State Governmentin collaboration with its partners: Malaria Consortium, National Malaria Elimination Programme and GiveWell open philanthropic funding have been distributing Insecticide-treated nets free of cost to households in the state as a means to reduce the incidence and spread of Malaria.

This statewide exercise strategically falls into the vision of the state government to reduce child mortality through providing access to affordable healthcare and preventing mosquito bites that give malaria which the Insecticide-treated nets help to guarantee.

This is instructive as Governor Chukwuma Soludo highlighted on June eight when he flagged off the distribution of three-point-eight million Insecticide treated nets in the state.

Some respondents, including Precious Onwesi, Blessing Dobi and Azubuike Omenyi bared their minds on how the Insecticide-treated nets can ensure that children, who are under five years of age are protected from malaria and if nursing mothers, pregnant women, and other caregivers understand the need to sleep inside insecticide-treated nets.

However, others including Mr. Ikechukwu Ibekwe thanked the state government, Malaria Consortium and other partners for giving them the nets.

The distribution of the mosquito nets, which began on August seven, continues across the state as residents are encouraged to come out at sounds like this around their vicinities to take their free insecticide-treated nets.