Lagos Don Slash Malaria Rate Reach 1.3%, Eye Total Wipe Comot

Na serious health win be this as Lagos don almost commot malaria finish. From 15% back in 2010, di malaria rate don drop like stone reach 1.3% as of March – April 2025. Na Jennifer Anyanti, Deputy Managing Director, Strategy from Society for Family Health (SFH) yarn dis one. She talk say di level wey Lagos reach now na almost record low, and e don nearly match wetin World Health Organisation (WHO) dey call pre-elimination level. E mean say malaria fit soon waka comot for Lagos for good. Dis kain achievement no be by luck at all. Na steady and sharp leadership from Lagos State Ministry of Health cause am, as their Malaria Control Programme don carry di fight go full ground. With rugged policy action, better use of resources, and tight monitoring, di state don scatter everywhere with insecticide-treated nets, make free test and treatment reach more people, and waka enter communities to spread the word. Dem don ginger reporting systems well-well, and both government and private health people no fit just give medicine anyhow again, dem must do test first before treatment, na wetin Jennifer Anyanti yarn. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu don put him full weight behind di malaria fight, as e warn say malaria treatment dey chop up to three percent of wetin poor families dey earn.“If our target na two million and we never even reach 200,000 by February 2025, then we gats speed things up sharp-sharp,” na so e talk, show say di matter need urgent full-force action. Development partners don play strong role for this fight. SFH, one of di biggest public health NGOs for Africa, don join body with Lagos State Government under di IMPACT Project to help expand malaria testing, make service delivery better, and ginger community people to join hand.SFH don mobilise healthcare providers, support training, and carry grassroots solutions go through local leaders, all this don really boost wetin government dey do for public health. But di fight never finish. Even with di serious drop in malaria rate, over 50 percent of people wey get fever still dey collect malaria drugs without test, na guess work dem dey use.

This one serious, especially for pikin dem wey still carry di highest malaria load for body. To make all health centers follow “test before treatment” no be by choice, e must happen. To move from just controlling malaria to totally wiping am out, Lagos must double effort for surveillance, data systems, and frontline health workers. Dis one mean say dem gats strong public hospitals, primary health centres, plus di private sector too because na dem dey do over 57 percent of health work for di state. Na all these systems be di backbone of accountability and di strong ground wey go make sure say malaria elimination go last well. Behavioural change no be something we fit play with. People must hear am loud and clear say “No be every fever be malaria.” People need stop to dey self-medicate anyhow. Na here media and health workers gats show face, to teach people, hold leaders accountable, and make sure malaria awareness no comot from people mind. To wipe malaria comot completely, Lagos must use multi-sector approach. Dem gats join environmental control and vector management inside di full strategy to clear di last stubborn remain of di disease for di state. Lagos journey na real public health victory, powered by sharp leadership, strong systems, and smart partnerships. With better technology for handling data, full involvement of private sector, support from donors, and media wey dey active, Lagos don get everything e need to keep winning. But how far di effort go reach, and whether everybody fit get equal access, na wetin go decide di final result. If Lagos make am, e no go just end malaria, e go turn to example for all Africa on how to handle malaria for big city. “All di tools dey ground,” na so Anyanti take talk am. “Na to finish work remain.”