MAM TAKES THE FIGHT AGAINST MALARIA TO AGIDO COMMUNITY, BADAGRY LAGOS

Once again Models Against Malaria (MAM) and her team of professional models & volunteers visited the historic Badagry as its continuous effort to advocate and educate communities about malaria.

Malaria is a public health concern in Nigeria accounting for more cases & deaths than anywhere else in the world. The founder, Mr. Michael Iyoha also stressed that in Nigeria,  Malaria contributes to an estimated 11% of maternal mortality & over 30% hospitalization of children under 5 years of age.

The campaign which was proudly supported by the National Malaria Elimination Programme, under the federal ministry of health recorded a huge success in Badagry community. In the course of the event, treated mosquito nets and gifts were distributed. The community folks were also advised on the need and importance of keeping their environment clean as the fight against malaria is a collective effort.

As one of the mission of the MAM is to educate the masses on malaria, they guided the Badagry community on the need to involve themselves in activities such as environmental sanitation, proper waste disposal and getting rid of stagnant water in other to stop mosquitoes from breeding in their environment.

More so,  the importance of keeping a sanitized environment and sleeping under a well treated mosquito nets were emphasized as mosquitoes breaded in dirty environments could cause not only malaria but other diseases like yellow fever, Zika virus etc

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