Monday 28 June 2010

MALARIA: Nigeria, bed net distribution

Gombe — Federal Government has concluded plans to distribute a total of 63 million treated mosquito nets across the country by December. This is as the Gombe state Government has ordered security agencies in the state to arrest and prosecute whoever may be found to have diverted the long lasting insecticidal nets into the markets for sale.
Professor Christian Chukwu, Minister of Health unveiled this in Gombe stating that it was the Federal Government's determination to do this among its citizens.
According to the minister, over 19 million of the Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets have been distributed in 11 states between May 2009 and now. The distribution is expected to achieve universal coverage in line with the objective of the national malaria strategic plan
http://allafrica.com/stories/201006170390.html

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