Community gets free malaria drugs, insecticide nets

A Non Governmental Organisation, The Health Builders Initiatives has distributed free malaria drugs, mosquitoes repellent creams and long lasting insecticide nets to Ago Oja community in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The campaign which was themed: ‘sensitisation on malaria’, was also organized to educate the host community on the malaria prevention, causes, symptoms […]

A Non Governmental Organisation, The Health Builders Initiatives has distributed free malaria drugs, mosquitoes repellent creams and long lasting insecticide nets to Ago Oja community in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State.

The campaign which was themed: ‘sensitisation on malaria’, was also organized to educate the host community on the malaria prevention, causes, symptoms and treatment.

Speaking during the donation, Taiwo Ogunfemi,a pharmacist, said that malaria prevention was more of personal intervention than government intervention.

He advised residents of the community to keep their environment clean, adding that pregnant women and children under the age of five should sleep under insecticide  treated  nets.

Also speaking, media director of the organization,  Dr Khadijat Kehinde Kadiri said the organization chose malaria for the first campaign due to the alarming death rate of the disease. 

Responding, the people of Ago Oja community thanked the group for the sensitization programme and donations.