Nigeria: FG, States Must Be Committed to Malaria Eradication

Today, March 25, is World Malaria Day, held each year to raise global awareness of the life-threatening disease. With this year’s theme, ‘Accelerate the Fight Against Malaria for a More Equitable World’, it is also a day to highlight the need for better political intervention in malaria control and prevention.

Instituted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) member states during the World Health Assembly of 2007, the day was celebrated for the first time internationally in 2008. It was influenced…