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Welcome to NMCP


Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu
Honorable Minister of Health


Alhaji Suleiman Bello
Honorable Minister of State


Mr Linus Awute, mni
Permanent Secretary, FMOH


Dr. Babajide Coker
National Coordinator, NMCP

Globally, millions of deaths attributable to malaria are still being recorded. The disease constitutes a huge epidemiologic burden in Africa and continues to cripple the economic development in the region. mosquito

In Nigeria, the disease is responsible for 60% outpatient visits to health facilities, 30% childhood death, 25% of death in children under one year and 11% maternal death. The financial loss due to malaria annually is estimated to be about by 132 billion Naira in form of treatment costs, prevention, loss of man-hours etc; yet, it is a treatable and completely evitable disease.

The Vision

A malaria free Nigeria

The Mission

The government and the entire people of Nigeria believe that: every Nigerian has the right to access highly effective malaria preventive services and curative care delivered as close to the households as possible.

The Goal

To halve the burden of malaria by the year 2010 and thus ensure that the disease no longer constitute a public health problem.

Strategic interventions

RBM in Nigeria anchors on the global strategies for malaria control which are multi-pronged and of proven efficacy. These include

  • Prompt and Effective Case Management
  • Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria in pregnancy and 
  • Integrated Vector Management including Use of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs), Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) and Environmental Management.

Other cross-cutting interventions include Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization, Effective Programme Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Partnership and Collaborations.

Progress So Far

Since the inception of the Roll Back Malaria Initiative, malaria control in Nigeria has undergone an evolution that has resulted in the attainment of several milestones which have served to set the stage for the next phase in the implementation process: rapid scaling up of interventions.
These milestones include among others, development and adoption of national policies and guidelines development of training manuals; sensitization and training of health workers and stakeholders on all interventions.


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