[procaare] Second National Summit on Malaria

["Emmanuel Okechukwu" <actionfamily2000@yahoo.com>]

Second National Summit on Malaria 
- Emmanuel Okechukwu, Nigeria
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Theme: Scaling up malaria control interventions: imperatives for meeting MDGs targets in Nigeria
   
  Malaria continues to be a huge public health problem in Nigeria. Within the last year, over 300 million cases were recorded with about 1,000,000 deaths worldwide. The groups most at risk include children, pregnant women and the aged.  Over 50% of Nigerians experience at least one bout of malaria attack annually. Associated with these facts are disruptions in production, absenteeism from school and work, economic waste and loss of human lives
   
  Treatment and control of malaria is increasingly becoming problematic as vectors acquire resistance to insecticides, while cases of drug resistance by parasites abound. New lines of medication are poorly applied with obvious danger of loss of efficacy.
   
  The National Civil Societies on Malaria, Immunization and Nutrition (NACOMIN) is poised to drive the malarial control agenda effectively through grassroots mobilization by member organizations. The 2nd national Malaria Summit is a collaborative event by key stakeholders.
   
  Objectives are to: (1) Review the Roll Back Malaria interventions since the 1st National Summit on Malaria of November 2004, (2) Discuss new trends in the total RBM country situation (ACTs, ITNs, IVM and integration with child and maternal survival strategies), (3) Advocate for the establishment of a Malaria Control Agency in Nigeria, (4) Build capacity of CSO on advocacy, resource mobilization, RBM project development and management and (5) Provide networking platform for CSOs-private-public partnerships in critical intervention areas of RBM.
 
 The event takes place March 14, 2007 @ Ikeja Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Lagos by 10.00 am

  Participation is free. 

However, prospective attendees are advised to send email to: malariasumitgrp@yahoo.com.