Challenges of Malaria Elimination in Nigeria; <i>A Review</i>

Onah Isegbe Emmanuel; Adesina Femi Peter; Uweh Philomena Odeh; Anumba Joseph Uche

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Challenges of Malaria Elimination in Nigeria; A Review

Onah Isegbe Emmanuel, Adesina Femi Peter, Uweh Philomena Odeh, Anumba Joseph Uche

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases and Therapy (Volume 2, Issue 4)

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Abstract

In 2010 deaths from malaria in Nigeria were the highest recorded worldwide. This was a strange phenomenon since so much effort has been geared towards eradicating this dreaded disease in the country, hence the need to critically investigate the reasons for these challenges confronting eradication efforts. There is need to identify some of the setbacks confronting malaria elimination in Nigeria. Some of the challenges x-rayed include: inadequate healthcare infrastructure in the rural areas, poor drug distribution, increases in drug resistant parasites, increase in insecticide resistant mosquitoes, poverty leading to poorly constructed rural dwellings with cracks and crevices, and individuals’ non-compliance with the control program due to high level of illiteracy. Much work still need to be done to reduce malaria incidence to a minimum level in Nigeria. No single individual method can be used to achieve a successful malaria control program. Strategic control methods must involve some combination of effective clinical control, vector control, reduction in contact of the mosquito with its human host, improved sanitation, and better health education and malaria prevention programs. If these efforts are sustained, over time Nigeria may succeed in eradicating malaria.

Published in	International Journal of Infectious Diseases and Therapy (Volume 2, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijidt.20170204.14
Page(s)	79-85
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Malaria, Elimination, Nigeria, Mosquito, Control

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Onah Isegbe Emmanuel

Federal College of Veterinary and Medical Laboratory Technology, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom-Jos, Nigeria
Adesina Femi Peter

Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
Uweh Philomena Odeh

Biology Department, College of Advanced and Professional Studies, Makurdi, Nigeria
Anumba Joseph Uche

Federal Ministry of Health, National Arbovirus and Vectors Research Centre, Enugu, Nigeria

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