The Kwara State Government, in collaboration with its development partners, has inaugurated the State Malaria Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) Committee and the Malaria Social Mobilisation Group as part of efforts to strengthen malaria prevention and control across the state.
In a statement signed by Saad Hamdalat, press secretary, Ministry of Health, the inauguration brought together government officials, development partners, health stakeholders, and community representatives committed to advancing malaria elimination across Kwara.
Declaring the ACSM quarterly meeting open in Ilorin, Oluwatosin Fakayode, the Director Public Health, Ministry of Health, observed that malaria cases were linked to environmental factors.
The Director, who spoke through the Head of Malaria Case Management in Kwara State, Kazeem Oladapo, explained that malaria transmission is driven by environment where mosquitoes breed and survive.
The expert observed that more than half of all malaria cases in Nigeria could be traced directly to environmental factors, emphasizing that malaria transmission is driven by environmental conditions that allow mosquitoes to breed and survive.
