Nigeria: malaria in Lagos

Malaria remains a major public health issue and is responsible for about 50 percent of out-patient visits ,15 per cent of hospital admission and 20 per cent-30 per cent of deaths in children and pregnant women. Rather than saddling ourselves with how to get donation of malaria treated net that are manufactured from external economies, this administration has looked at how malaria was controlled in those economies and in places like Panama canal with a view to adapting and implementing similar policies locally,'' http://www.leadershipnigeria.com/news/headlines/13670-lagos-tackles-malaria-scourge