The World Health Organisation, WHO has enjoined Nigeria and other countries to scale up efforts against malaria.
The organisation said the countries must accelerate the pace of progress if they are to achieve a per cent drop in global malaria cases and deaths by 2020, compared to 2015 levels.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, made the call in her statement to mark this year’s World Malaria Day with the theme “Zero Malaria Starts with me.”
She urged member states to allocate adequate resources and to work across sectors and strengthen cross-border collaboration adding that with the required resources, strong coordination and dedicated partners, and can accelerate actions to achieve a malaria-free Africa transforming a common vision to end malaria for good into a shared reality for a healthier and more prosperous Africa.
She said the theme stresses the need to empower individuals across the world to make a personal commitment to saving more lives, and to help communities and economies to thrive by eliminating malaria.
