VACANCY: THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE NIGERIA END MALARIA COUNCIL June 1, 2022 NMEP Post in Publications VACANCY: THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE NIGERIA END MALARIA COUNCIL Malaria constitutes a huge epidemiologic burden in Africa and continues to cripple the economic development in the region. Nigeria contributes 27% (WMR2021) of the global malaria cases and 27% (WMR 2021) of global malaria deaths. Malaria is responsible for 60% of outpatient visits to health facilities, 30% of childhood death, 25% of death in children under one year and 11% of maternal death. The financial loss due to malaria annually is estimated to be about 132 billion Naira in form of treatment costs, prevention, loss of man-hours etc. The new National Malaria Strategic Plan 2021-2025 aims to reduce Prevalence to less than 10% and reduce mortality attributable to malaria to less than 50 deaths per 1,000 live births by 2025 and would require an estimated N1.89 trillion to achieve this reduction.. CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE
