Mosquito Nets
27 Dec
Representative of the Country Coordinating Mechanism for Global Fund, Mr. Ibrahim Tajudeen, has faulted media reports alleging the Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Health...
2 Nov
The National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) will soon commence the distribution of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) in the bid to eliminate malaria in Jigawa State.
30 Apr 2021
To combat maternal and perinatal mortality in the country, Rotary Club of Agege, in collaboration with Rotaract Club, District 9110, has donated mosquito nets and diapers to pregnant women and nursing mothers in Agege.
21 Apr 2019
As World Malaria Day comes up on Thursday April 25, Nigerians have been advised to protect themselves against mosquito bites by using insecticide...
10 Nov 2018
The Borno Government on Saturday said it distributed 3.7 million pieces of treated mosquito nets to control malaria in the state.Alhaji Mala Waziri, the Coordinator, Malaria Control Programme, made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri.
26 Apr 2018
To commemorate the 2018 World Malaria Day (WMD), Itel Mobile in partnership with Mophet pharmacy has distributed treated mosquito nets to children and mothers in Isele Akoka community of Lagos State.
28 Sep 2017
Representative of the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), an organ of the ministry, Mrs Nneka Ndubusi, disclosed this yesterday in Akure at a media advocacy training organized for 30 journalists in the state.
23 Apr 2017
Treated mosquito net forms a protective barrier around people sleeping under it. The insecticide in it not only kills mosquitoes, which carry the malaria parasites and other insects, but also repels mosquitoes.
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