Dr. Tomi Coker, the Ogun State Commissioner for Health, stated on Monday that the state hopes to be the first to be proclaimed malaria-free in the country by 2030.
Coker also stated that the state is worried about malaria control and may explore hiring carpenters to assist homes in each ward of the local government in repairing the insecticide-treated nets that were recently delivered across the state.
The Society for Family Health, with the cooperation of the state and federal governments, as well as other development partners, recently distributed around 2.5 million treated mosquito nets throughout the state.
The commissioner announced this on Monday while speaking during a debriefing of the state’s insecticide-treated nets campaign, held in the conference room of the Ministry of Health, Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital.
Coker highlighted that Egypt’s recent achievement of zero malaria status serves as a morale lift for the state, which can also be malaria-free by 2030.
She stated, “My hope is that by 2030, Ogun State would be the first state to be proclaimed malaria-free.
“We have a tiny, manageable population, and if we work hard and put the proper things in place, along with the new Malaria vaccine, we can aim and assure that by 2030, even if we are not there, we will have come very close to accomplishing this high goal.
