Ernest@MalariaCHEF Project
@sfhernest
Passionate About Malaria Elimination in Our World
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27-07-2019 14:33:31
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Society for Family Health Ernest@MalariaCHEF Project 2a.SFH has been conducting malaria campaigns giving out millions of nets to communities to prevent malaria. #ZeroMalariaStartsWithMeNg #SFHTacklesMalaria
Society for Family Health Ernest@MalariaCHEF Project 2d.SFH also works with others to advocate with political and traditional leaders to improve funding for malaria and also adherence to approved interventions. #ZeroMalariaStartsWithMeNg #SFHTacklesMalaria
Having the nets without using them is like not having it. SFH pushes behaviour change to improve usage #SFHTacklesMalaria #WorldMalariaDay2021 #DrawTheLineAgainstMalaria LETS DO THIS ! #ZeroMalariaStartsWithMe Society for Family Health SFH_GFMalariaproject
Society for Family Health Ernest@MalariaCHEF Project 3a.Yes – first scarce resources are now being shared with COVID! #ZeroMalariaStartsWithMeNg #SFHTacklesMalaria #DrawTheLineAgainstMalaria
Society for Family Health Ernest@MalariaCHEF Project 3b.Access to institutional handing of malaria was also reduced during the lockdown. Additionally, thestrategy for intervention had to change due to COVID and this has increased the cost of interventions. #ZeroMalariaStartsWithMeNg #SFHTacklesMalaria #DrawTheLineAgainstMalaria
Society for Family Health Ernest@MalariaCHEF Project 4b. We also need to hold our government accountable to ensure interventions are scaled up in order to achieve a malaria free Nigeria because even in the face of any pandemic, malaria still remains a killer disease. #ZeroMalariaStartsWithMeNg #SFHTacklesMalaria
Society for Family Health SFH_GFMalariaproject The emergence of #COVID19 has brought competing interests thereby reducing #malaria funding. We are integrating #malaria and #COVID19 interventions for cost effectiveness
Society for Family Health Ernest@MalariaCHEF Project SFH_GFMalariaproject Yes, #Covid_19 negatively affected #Malaria interventions, especially in 2020. Some persons with fever were not attended to by health workers for fear of COVID-19 infecton. There has been improvement with increased awareness on both malaria and COVID-19 #DrawTheLineAgainstMalaria
Society for Family Health SFH_GFMalariaproject Intégration of #malaria and #COVID19 seem to be the way to go for effective use of funds. #SFHTacklesMalaria #WorldMalariaDay2021 #DrawTheLineAgainstMalaria LETS DO THIS !
Right before the race begins, African governments must proactively be the front runners in the decisions and procurements of the new vaccine. Africa can avoid repeating its Covid-19 mistakes with a new malaria vaccine qz.com/africa/2005934/ via Quartz Africa
We have come to the end of this virtual #TheResponseStrategy session. Our gratitude goes to all the discussants Laz Ude Eze, Onoriode Ezire and @sfhErnest and audience for being a part of this conversation. Read press release cutt.ly/wb9V094