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September 2, 2019
The Federal Government has advised healthcare workers to be truly professional in the distribution of free mosquito nets to the general public.
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TheNational Technical Director on Malaria, National Malaria Elimination Programme ,Olugbenga Mokuolu, gave the advice at the on-going free-Malaria in Kwara, onMonday in Ilorin.
Hesaid that the Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets was free and as such must not besold or diverted by those vested with the responsibility to distribute the netsand the beneficiaries of the product.
Mokuolasaid as important personnel on the health chain in the fight against malaria,he charged the health workers to deliver their services in accordance with thenational guidelines.
Mokuolu,a Professor of Paediatrics at the College of Health Science, University ofIlorin, appealed to Nigerians to have positive attitude towards the use of theinsecticide treated nets.
Heobserved that the fight against malaria was crucial as Nigeria presently wasranked high in terms of the contribution to the global burden on malaria andrelated malaria deaths.