The Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunisation and Nutrition (ACOMIN) has canvassed the adoption of preventive interventions in combating the high incidence of malaria in the country.

According to ACOMIN, the use of Insecticide-Treated Nets (ITNs), indoor residual spraying, larvae source management, intermittent preventive treatment in pregnant women and seasonal malaria chemotherapy will go a long way in addressing the malaria scourge in the country.

The National Coordinator of ACOMIN, Ayo Ipinmoye, who made the call at the national media meeting on Global Fund Malaria Community-led Monitoring Project being implemented by ACOMIN, lamented that the regular occurrences of malaria cases, deaths, and disabilities are abnormally high and impact the majority of the Nigerian population negatively.

Ipinmoye stated that the high burden of disease is driven by several factors, which include behavioral patterns, inadequate funding and resourcing for health, inadequate human resource deployment for health and the nature of the parasite itself.

He observed that to combat the increasing incidence rate of malaria, urgent, sustained, systematic and collective efforts are required from all stakeholders, deployment of strategies and interventions that have proven to be effective.

Ipinmoye added that from the results obtained over the past three years, for the fight to eliminate malaria to progress and succeed, health must come to the front burner in all national discourses and budgetary allocations.