Ondo State Government said it has concluded arrangement to begin
house-to-house distribution of about three million insecticide treated mosquito
nets.
Dr Taye Oni, the Permanent Secretary of Ondo State Ministry of
Health, made this known while speaking with newsmen on World Malaria Day on
Tuesday in Akure.
He said the state in partnership with Catholic Relief Services
was about to take delivery of about three million insecticide treated nets,
which would be distributed from house-to-house for free.
Oni said similar exercise took place last in 2012, saying that
the nets would have lost their potency if not distributed in time.
He noted that the focus for this year’s celebration was
prevention, adding that the Government and the World Health Organisation were
working on closing the prevention gap.
Also speaking, Dr Waheed Afolayan, the state Epidemiologist and
Programme Officer for Malaria, said the reduction in the prevalence of malaria
largely depend on the use of insecticide treated mosquito nets and clean
environment.
He, therefore, encouraged the people of the state to improve on
its use and intensify efforts in environmental sanitation.( NAN)
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