World Malaria Day
26 Apr 2023
As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the World Malaria Day, yesterday, St. Racheal’s Pharma, called on President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to implement a Free Malaria Management Programme under the proposed fuel subsidy palliative project. The company, in a statement signed by its chairman, Akinjide Adeosun, in Lagos, described the…
25 Apr 2023
Despite a series of intervention programmes against the malaria epidemic in recent times, Nigeria is apparently not winning the war against the deadly scourge, with an estimated sum of N2.04 trillion still routinely spent on treatments yearly.
25 Apr 2023
World Malaria Day is observed each year on April 25, to underline the need for malaria control and total elimination. Adjunct to this is the galvanization of global efforts towards advocacy and sustained political will and investment all aimed at ending the scourge of the disease in identified communities.
25 Apr 2023
As Orange Group, a leading fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) company in Nigeria, join to celebrate World Malaria Day with a renewed commitment to tackle Malaria through its innovative drugs. The firm has continued to drum it's support for the eradication of malaria in the country. The goal of World Malaria Day, observed annually on…
24 Apr 2023
... As 4 African countries had over half of all malaria deaths in 2022 Asclepius Consulting Ltd has joined other countries and organisations all around the globe to mark World Malaria Day. The theme for 2023 is “Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement,” with a particular focus on the implementation of strategies to…
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