The Kogi State Coordinator for the Malaria program, Dr. Ake Stephen, has pointed out that Nigeria contributes to 27% of global malaria cases and 31% of deaths.
Dr. Ake made this known at the Kogi State Initiates Malaria Case Management Training for Health Workers in Lokoja.
facilitator of the programme attributed the high prevalence of malaria in the country to the transmission of the Plasmodium parasite through mosquito bites.
Dr. Stephen stressed the significance of understanding the root causes of malaria, clarifying that it is the Plasmodium parasite, not the mosquito, that causes the disease.
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