To combat malaria and promote community health, Green Life Pharmaceuticals, Clearline HMO, Clinix Healthcare and Green Life Hospital have donated mosquito nets, free tests, and treatments to residents of Iwaya community in Yaba, Lagos.
General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Clearline HMO, Olaoye Olubukola, who spoke at the event held at the monarch’s palace, said the outreach was aimed at helping the community to reduce malaria-related morbidity and mortality rates.
“The purpose here is to help residents of Iwaya community to reduce the risk of having malaria to the barest minimum. And that is why we’re speaking with the people, doing tests, treatments, giving drugs and mosquito nets to them. Malaria is deadly and we must minimise the risk for them,” Olubukola said.
Head of Marketing and Sales, Clinix Healthcare, Folake Obatoyinbo, who cited Nigeria’s rising cost of living, said preventing malaria is more economical than managing it.
She said the propensity of contracting malaria in the community is quite high, hence, the need for residents of the community to keep their drainages and environment clean.as well as timely usage of mosquito-treated nets being handed to them.
General Manager, Sales and Marketing at Green Life Pharmaceuticals, Derrick Osondi, said the companies involved in the outreach had been consistent in their commitments to combating malaria, and prioritising the people’s health over profits.
He said: “Yes, we do sell anti-malaria products, but still we don’t want to be seen as a company that is only interested in profit. We are also interested in people. So, if there is anything we can do to prevent malaria, we’ll do it. It’s people above profit.”
The Olu of Iwaya, Oba Suleiman Owolabi Ogun-Oloko, who noted that flooding and blocked drainages are the major causes of malaria in the community, said the intervention of the health companies would be impactful.
