WMD: US Delivers 14.7m Doses Of Treatment, 7.1m Nets To Nigerians

The United State Government has said that it helped Nigeria provide 14.7million treatment doses of malaria drugs at the President’s Malaria Initiative facility and community levels, 8.2million of which were for pregnant women and children.
This was confirmed by the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) in its Annual Report released to the U.S. Congress, last Saturday.
The report indicated that in 2020, despite the constraints of Covid-19, PMI helped Nigeria provide 14.7million treatment doses at the facility and community levels, 8.2million of which were for pregnant women and children.
In a statement made available to The Tide in Port Harcourt via email, the US Mission in Nigeria explained that, “PMI distributed 7.1million insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs), provided 7.2million rapid test kits, and trained 9,300 health workers to properly diagnose and treat patients for early detection of the disease.
“Led by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented together with the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), PMI works with partner organizations to benefit more than 41 million people across Nigeria.
“Use of ITNs is one of the most effective measures to prevent malaria. Since 2010, PMI has supported Nigeria in the distribution of more than 61million bed nets, which are now in use in 43 percent of Nigerian households, up from just 23 percent at the start of the initiative,” the statement stressed.
The statement quoted USAID Mission Director, Anne Patterson, who oversees PMI activities in collaboration with CDC leadership as saying, “Malaria is one of the leading causes of death among children in Nigeria.

By: Nelson Chukwudi