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Nigeria: FG, UK in £50 Million Malaria Deal
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Vanguard (Lagos)
9 July 2008
Posted to the web 9 July 2008
Chinyere Amalu
The Federal Government and the United Kingdom will sign a £50m fund malaria project for five years in Nigeria .
UK Minister, Gillian Merron who will be in Nigeria from today 9th June until Saturday 12th to sign the agreement on behalf of the United Kingdom would also visit DFID funded projects such as The Girls Education Project.
According to a statement from the British High Commission, the Minister will also spend a day with villagers in a Hausa/Fulani Community.
"The Minister will also announce a £50m fund to tackle malaria which could save a million lives.
This 5-year plan - The National Malaria Project - is managed on behalf of the UK government by the Malaria Consortium", she stated.
According to Gillian Merron in the statement, Malaria is a leading cause of death in Nigeria and accounts for a third of all childhood deaths.
"A child dies from malaria every 30 seconds worldwide. But this disease is preventable. Children can be protected by sleeping under bed nets treated with insecticide, but many families just can't afford the nets.
"This project will prevent directly about 220,000 deaths. By involving other resources (such as debt relief, the Global Fund and the World Bank) we could prevent a million deaths.
"The most effective and cost-effective ways of controlling malaria include the use of insecticide treated bed nets (ITNs), intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy, and early access to appropriate treatment for malaria", she said..
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The National Malaria Project has already delivered results and by the time of its completion in 2013 it is estimated there will be 60% coverage of Insecticide Treated Nets, 80% coverage of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for pregnant women and 60% coverage of appropriate treatment for children under five using Artemisinin -based Combination Therapy (ACT).
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