Vanguard Allure

Top Menu

  • Vanguard

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Allure Magazine
    • Features
    • Magazine
    • Profiles
  • Allure TV
  • Celebration
    • Fashion & Style
    • Weddings
    • Lifestyle
    • Events
  • Wellbeing
    • Allure Woman
    • Healthy Living
    • Beauty
  • Happiness
    • Food
    • Shopping
    • Travel
    • Relationships
    • Career
  • News
  • Vanguard

logo

Vanguard Allure

  • Home
  • Allure Magazine
    • Women charged to be value-oriented to make impact

      September 28, 2023
      0
    • Modupe Adedoyin James: Leading light in the financial sector

      September 28, 2023
      0
    • Sex Tape: Menace of privacy invasion

      September 25, 2023
      0
    • Africa Fashion Week London 2023: Meet the Designers

      September 20, 2023
      0
    • CONFIDENCE STAVELEY: The chic cybersecurity boss 

      September 18, 2023
      0
    • Advocates of Modest Fashion

      September 10, 2023
      0
    • Just Mathematics rewards pupils for excellent performance

      September 6, 2023
      0
    • Enioluwa Adeoluwa: Creativity personified

      September 4, 2023
      0
    • Blessing Kenneth: Revolutionising the Hair Industry

      August 27, 2023
      0
    • Features
    • Magazine
    • Profiles
  • Allure TV
  • Celebration
    • Fashion & Style
    • Weddings
    • Lifestyle
    • Events
  • Wellbeing
    • Allure Woman
    • Healthy Living
    • Beauty
  • Happiness
    • Food
    • Shopping
    • Travel
    • Relationships
    • Career
  • News
    • BBNaija All Stars: Angel reveals her choice of winner 

      September 28, 2023
      0
    • Ethiopian Airlines Partners Africa Celebrates Official Carrier

      September 20, 2023
      0
    • UYOTA lauds President Tinubu For Bitrus Garki's appointment

      September 14, 2023
      0
    • You've made me a widow at 24' - Mohbad's wife, Wunmi mourns 

      September 14, 2023
      0
    • Worital To Announce Winners of the 2023 Chinaza Favour Writing Contest:

      September 8, 2023
      0
    • BBNaija All Stars: Omashola emerges head of house for week 7

      September 4, 2023
      0
    • Web3 Lagos Conference 2.0 Unveils Exciting Lineup and Innovations at Press Conference

      September 1, 2023
      0
    • UNIDO ITPO Nigeria boosts women's entrepreneurship through gender-lens investing

      September 1, 2023
      0
    • Ooni of Ife, Etsu Nupe, others to be honoured in Thailand

      August 27, 2023
      0
  • Women charged to be value-oriented to make impact

  • Modupe Adedoyin James: Leading light in the financial sector

  • Real Housewives of Lagos Season 2 premieres with panache

  • Mo Abudu makes Directorial Debut with ‘Her Perfect Life and ‘Iyawo Mi’

  • BBNaija All Stars: Angel reveals her choice of winner 

NewsWellbeing
Home›News›World Malaria Day: NGO partners Lagos govt, takes battle to Iwaya community

World Malaria Day: NGO partners Lagos govt, takes battle to Iwaya community

April 26,2021
Share:

Residents of Lagos State have been implored to remain committed to collective efforts towards effective malaria control in the state.
This charge was given at the weekend in the Iwaya community, Yaba, during the sensitisation and awareness campaign programme, to commemorate the 2021 World Malaria Day.


The event, which held at the Fazil O Mar High School, Iwaya premises had youths, market women, community leaders in attendance.
Organised by Karis and Eleos Hand of Hope Foundation, a non-profit organisation, in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Health, participants were charged with individual and collective roles at ensuring a clean environment, as well as the use of preventive anti-malaria measures as well as an appropriate diagnosis before treatment.
Speaking on the theme “Zero Malaria – Draw the line against malaria’’ with the slogan; “Stand up–Take Action”, Mrs Akintunde Ibironke, Assistant Director, Advocacy, Communications, Social Mobilisation (ACSM), Malaria, Lagos State Ministry of Health, stressed the importance of collective responsibilities of at all levels; including community actors in reducing the scourge of malaria.
Ibironke noted that malaria has afflicted humanity since ancient times and continues to disturb nearly 50% of the world’s population, adding malaria prevention must go hand in hand with community participation.
“In Lagos State, malaria accounts for more than 70% of outpatients in the public health facilities. More than 700,000 malaria cases are reported annually. 657,154 patients with malaria were seen in both private and public health facilities in 2020. Malaria is prevalent in the vulnerable groups – children under five years and pregnant women where the infection can be profoundly more severe,” she said.
Highlighting practical ways to combat the menace, by standing up to take action against malaria Ibironke identified two ways, preventive and curative.
“Cleaning of the environments is a starting point to eradicate malaria. We must empty all buckets and tyres containing water must be emptied; sweep the stagnant water at the entrance of the public bathrooms, and also ensure that drainages around the houses are cleaned always.”
She continued: “It is essential that we prevent malaria by sleeping inside Long–Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs). This is particularly important for the vulnerable groups –pregnant women and children under five years old. Pregnant women are also encouraged to take Sulphadoxine Pyimethamine to prevent malaria in pregnancy from 2nd trimester.”
The health official also spoke on the use of Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACTs) for treatment of fever, diagnosis either using malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test (mRDT) kit or a microscope must be done.
All the participants undertook free blood pressure and malaria testing, with many of them taking home free drugs provided them by Market Doctors, Limited, a one-stop-shop clinic that delivers primary health care to Nigerians at the market place.

    TagsIwayangoWORLD MALARIA DAYYaba
    Previous Article

    ‘The Johnsons’ Jennifer clocks 35 today

    Next Article

    Culture, religion has played major roles in ...

    0
    Shares
    • 0
    • +
    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    • 0

    Related articles More from author

    • Ebun Anozie
      Allure MagazineCareerInterviews

      10 Mins. With Ebun Anozie

      December 4, 2017
      By allure1
    • Allure WomanNews

      New NGO, The Young Groomer, launched in Lagos

      April 9, 2019
      By allure1
    • Events

      MEDITOL SOAP AND PARTNERS PLAN TO COMMEMORATE WORLD MALARIA WITH AN ANTI-MALARIA WALK

      April 18, 2019
      By RITA
    • Allure MagazineNews

      Life Changing Humanitarian Services offset patients hospital bills

      July 5, 2017
      By allure1
    • FeaturesNews

      NGO empowers 20 entrepreneurial trainees; gets equipment, interest-free loans

      May 28, 2019
      By allure1
    • FeaturesNews

      NGO trains women, PWDs in Mushin on funds sourcing for SMEs

      December 22, 2022
      By Temitope
    0

    • Allure MagazineNews

      Singer, Cynthia Morgan defends Dammy Krane in new post

    • Allure MagazineEntertainmentNews

      Music diva, Tiwa Savage and Teebillz getting a divorce?

    • Fashion & Style

      Rules to Wearing Shoes

    • 5312
      Followers
    • 12744
      Likes

    Timeline

    • September 28, 2023

      Women charged to be value-oriented to make impact

    • September 28, 2023

      Modupe Adedoyin James: Leading light in the financial sector

    • September 28, 2023

      Real Housewives of Lagos Season 2 premieres with panache

    • September 28, 2023

      Mo Abudu makes Directorial Debut with ‘Her Perfect Life and ‘Iyawo Mi’

    • September 28, 2023

      BBNaija All Stars: Angel reveals her choice of winner 

    Categories

    Subscribe to our Newsletter

    Sign up to receive email updates and to hear what's going on with our magazine!

    • Recent

    • Popular

    • Comments

    • Women charged to be value-oriented to make impact

      By Temitope
      September 28, 2023
    • Modupe Adedoyin James: Leading light in the financial sector

      By Temitope
      September 28, 2023
    • Real Housewives of Lagos Season 2 premieres with panache

      By Temitope
      September 28, 2023
    • Mo Abudu makes Directorial Debut with ‘Her Perfect Life and ‘Iyawo Mi’

      By RITA
      September 28, 2023
    • Chioma Jesus, Sammie Okposo, Midnight Crew set for #THUGGLA2018

      By RITA
      April 24, 2018
    • American rapper, Kendrick Lamar wins Pulitzer prize for 2017 ‘Damn’ album

      By RITA
      April 17, 2018
    • Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti drops new album titled ‘Black Times’ 

      By RITA
      April 23, 2018
    • Actor, Yul Edochie declares intention to run for presidency

      By RITA
      April 23, 2018

    Entertainment

    • September 28, 2023

      Real Housewives of Lagos Season 2 premieres with panache

    • September 28, 2023

      Mo Abudu makes Directorial Debut with ‘Her Perfect Life and ‘Iyawo Mi’

    • September 25, 2023

      Asking for DNA test on Mohbad’s son is insensitive – Bestman Thompson, actor 

    • September 25, 2023

      I deserve all the good things of life – Olivia Chioma Okoro, BBTitans Ex-housemate 

    • September 24, 2023

      BBN All Stars: Angel Smith evicted, six housemates make it to grand finale 

    Follow us