Yobe targets 1m children for malaria treatment

Yobe targets 1m children for malaria treatment

life cycle of a malaria parasite (from First infected mosquito to Second infected person). Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite called Plasmodium that is spread to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. vector illustration for medical, educational and science use. CREDIT: TOPPR

The Yobe State Government says it has targeted about one million children between the ages of three and 59 months for treatment in the 2021 Seasonal Malaria Chemotherapy campaign in the state.

The Director, Immunisation and Disease Control, Yobe Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Umar Ciroma, disclosed this shortly after the SMC stakeholders meeting, in Damaturu on Wednesday.

According to him, the SMC programme is being implemented in collaboration with the World Health Organisation across the 17 local government areas of the state.

Ciroma recalled that in 2020, over 700,000 children aged three to 59 months benefited from the SMC in the state.

He said the drug was proved to be effective in the prevention of malaria.

“This actually shows that as time goes on Yobe would be able to reduce the burden of malaria in children,” he said.

(NAN)

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