{"id":6518,"date":"2020-10-22T07:36:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T07:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6518"},"modified":"2020-10-22T07:36:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T07:36:07","slug":"adamawa-state-govt-insist-citizens-sleep-inside-itns-says-malaria-kills-more-than-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6518","title":{"rendered":"Adamawa State Govt Insist Citizens Sleep Inside ITNs &#8230; Says, Malaria Kills More Than Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Adamawa State Govt Insist Citizens Sleep Inside ITNs &#8230; Says, Malaria Kills More Than Covid-19<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zainab\u00a0 Tanimu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kaduna, North-West, Nigeria<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Xxx<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Adamawa state government has emphasied on the need for citizens to sleep under Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This call he strengthened with the\u00a0 door-to-door distribution of free Insecticide Treated Nets.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The essence is for government to make sure that every citizen imbibes a habit of constantly sleeping inside the ITNs every night, especially children under five years old and pregnant women as Malaria kills daily more than COVID-19.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The on-going\u00a0 efforts made by Adamawa state government in partnership with the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS), through the Global fund malaria grant is to ensure a\u00a0 malaria-free Adamawa State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The image maker of the Ministry of Health and Human Services of the State, Mallam Abubakar Mohammed has dispelled the rumour making round town that the ITNs can also treat coronavirus infection.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to him the mosquito net is for protection against the bite of mosquitoes that spread malaria. Malaria is still a major public health disease and should be prevented by sleeping inside the net every night.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He maintains that the ongoing exercise is going on well as planned with no much challenges reported so far.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Saying, the ministry under Professor Abdullahi Isah as its commissioner is working hard to see that Adamawa became a free state of Malaria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He called on all people in the state to cooperate with the Mobilization &amp; Distribution Teams (MDTs) and all officials assigned to visit every home for the successful delivery of the nets to every household in Adamawa State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The net distribution campaign targets every Household across the two hundred and twenty six (226) political wards of the state.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adamawa State Govt Insist Citizens Sleep Inside ITNs &#8230; Says, Malaria Kills More Than Covid-19 Zainab\u00a0 Tanimu Kaduna, North-West, Nigeria Xxx Adamawa state government has emphasied on the need for citizens to sleep under Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs). 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