• Hails landmark legislation, says country must shift from treatment to prevention, eradication strategy
Sunday Aborisade in Abuja
Nigeria may be on the verge of a major breakthrough in its decades-long battle against malaria following the passage of the National Agency for Malaria Elimination Bill by Senate.
Sponsor of the legislation, Senator Ned Nwoko, declared that the country now had a realistic pathway to ending one of its most devastating public health challenges.
Nwoko, who represents Delta North Senatorial District, described the senate’s approval of the bill as a milestone that could transform Nigeria’s approach to malaria control from routine treatment of infections to a coordinated national strategy aimed at eliminating the disease altogether.
