Kano State: 2.8 Million Hospital Visits Were Recorded In 2021 Due To Malaria
The Kano State Government has said that it has recorded over 2.8 million hospital visits due to the re-emergence of malaria in 2021.
According to Aminu Tsanyawa, the state’s Commissioner for Health, this has made the disease the most common reason for approximately 60 percent of all outpatient visitations and consultations in the state.
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Mr. Tsanyawa spoke in Kano yesterday at a press briefing that was to commemorate the 2022 World Malaria Day. He said that between July and October 2021, the Kano state government, in collaboration with its partners, had administered more than 13,110,365 doses of malaria prevention drugs (sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and Amodiaquine SP+AQ) with a view to preventing malaria and deaths in young children who are under the age of five.
He called upon the residents of Kano state to ready their children who are between the ages of 3-59 months for the upcoming 4-day cycle of the mass distribution of malaria prevention drugs. He said the exercise was targeting 3,193,002 beneficiaries and was expected to prevent 75 per cent of malaria cases if complete doses were taken.
