This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by Osahon Onabulele, the president of the NMA, to commemorate the World Malaria Day.
The statement said that Nigeria accounts for a quarter of all malaria cases in the WHO African region.
It put the current malaria related maternal mortality at 11 percent, while malaria related annual death for children under-five years of age is estimated at around 300,000.
The statement called on government at all levels and stakeholders to increase their commitment to malaria campaign as a show of support to the eradication of the disease from the African continent.
“We appeal for more strategic and robust planning, effective partnership and coordination with investment of more resources into the campaign to eradicate malaria.
“With continued commitment from states and the Federal Government as well as external partners, we are convinced that a national scale-up of malaria control interventions to protect Nigerians and the world from malaria is achievable.”
It called for greater commitment to research efforts for the development of malaria vaccines which “would result in long term success in the global campaign to defeat malaria”.
The statement said there was a need for increased development aid on national malaria control programmes to ensure widespread population access to life-saving and cost effective interventions.
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