This project will provide long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) to 250 households in Anambra State, in order to protect the people, especially children under 5 years of age from malaria infection, as the nets are very effective in preventing malaria. Malaria is a life-threatening disease which is preventable and curable and caused by plasmodium parasites, transmitted to people through the bites of infected female anopheles mosquitoes.
Malaria is transmitted all over Nigeria with over 70% of the population living in high transmission areas. According to the 2020 World Malaria Report, Nigeria accounted for the highest number of global malaria cases (27%) and global malaria deaths (23%) in 2019, with children under 5 years of age being the most vulnerable group that is affected by the disease.
We will provide 250 households in Anambra State with long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), since they are the mainstay of malaria prevention, in order to protect the people from the bites of infected female anopheles mosquitoes that spreads the plasmodium parasites which causes malaria.
This will reduce the mortality rate of people due to malaria infection, especially children under 5 years of age, as they are the mostly affected group.
