DSPHCDA to Distribute Insecticide Treated Nets worth N3.7m across 25 LGAs of Delta State
The Delta state government through the Delta State Primary Health Care Development Agency (DSPHCDA) has said it will distribute insecticide Treated Nets worth over N3.7 million in a bid to eradicate malaria to households across the 25 local government areas of the state through a door-to-door approach.
The Permanent Secretary, Delta State Primary Health Care Development Agency,Dr. Jude Winful- Orieke, disclosed this in Asaba during an Orientation programme organized for practitioners from public and private media organisations in the state.
Dr. Orieke stated that registration and simultaneous distribution of the nets would begin on June 2, through 13, 2022 after the official launch on June 1.
The programme was organized by the Delta State Primary Health Care Development Agency in partnership with the National Malaria Elimination Programme ( NMEP ), Management Sciences For Health (MSH) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) with funding support from the Global Fund Malaria Project.
Dr. Orieke stated further that the ITN mass campaign was to ensure that for every two persons in Delta households there was one bed net to sleep inside.
The Director, Social Mobilization, DSPHCDA, Dr. Ngozi Orofuke Ugbome, called on Deltans and other residents of the state to ensure that someone must be at home during the period of distribution to collect the nets.
Jessie Okoro and Farooq Lawal of Management Sciences for Health (MSH) in their presentations said it was expected that every community member would get to know about the campaign and the benefits of consistently and correctly sleeping inside the net.
The duos stated that every household should receive at least one ITN during the campaign.
According to them, the media support is crucial for the success of the campaign, stressing that though malaria is a leading public health problem, it had remained under reported in the media.
They harped on the need for malaria to be kept in the front burner of health news, adding that efforts should be made to provide adequate publicity before, during and after the ITN mass campaign.
