MALARIA DAY 2021: A CALL TO ACTION

Edo State, Advocacy Core Group.

The 2021 World Malaria Day is commemorated annually on April 25th with this year’s theme being “Reaching the Zero Target”. This theme aims to celebrate countries that are reaching or approaching malaria eradication. A look at the Nigeria and Edo State being an endemic community for malaria, there appears to be a far cry from reaching the Zero mark.

We must recognize the progress in efforts that has been made so far especially in awareness creation, despite that it has been affected by COVID-19 also like other diseases, there is no commensurate behavioral change that would help to eradicate malaria from our community. Malaria still account for the highest percentage of hospital visitation, loss of man hours in workplace, under five illnesses, illness during pregnancy etc. In terms of over the counter purchase ýof drugs, anti-malaria misuse may only be second to analgesic.

There is the urgent need for sustained attention to be paid to the various areas that can help eradicate malaria from our society.

One of the contributing factors to this is the state of our environment which has continued to deteriorate without adequate measures in place to check this. The behaviour and attitude of how people handle their environment remains worrisome. Waste management system which is poorly implemented and monitored give room for breeding sites for mosquitoes, the vector carrying the virus.

In this regards, the Edo State Advocacy Core Group (Edo ACG) has put plans in place to support this target of eradicating malaria in our communities in particular and the country as a whole. We use this medium to call on the government to activate and sustain the various mechanism that would make our environment unfriendly to the breeding of mosquitoes.

We would in collaboration with other Non State Actors reactive sustained sensitization and mobilization of citizens to play their roles in this wise while taking the COVID-19 protocol into consideration.

We are therefore calling on all to put their hands and resources on deck to ensure that the citizens adequately understand their roles in malaria eradication target.

The Advocacy Core Group (ACG) Edo is committed to ensuring that all health issues get the needed attention including malaria hence policy makers are also called upon on this day to review their political will to Malaria Eradication the needed attention.

All CSOs, NGOs, CBOs, FBO, MDAs, Private sectors, institutions must remain committed to this malaria eradication target.

Thanks.

Comr. Obasanmi Jude Ph.D.

Edo State Coordinator,

Advocacy Core Group.

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