The Adamawa State Government, in collaboration with Malaria elimination partners have concluded plans to distribute no fewer than 3.2 million insecticide-treated nets to residents.
The Manager, State Malaria Elimination Programme, Mr Benjamin Nashon, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Yola.
He said the distribution would commence on 1 July to end on 12 July, adding that it would be a house-to-house exercise.
He explained that each net would be for two persons with a maximum of four nets per household, adding that the targeted beneficiaries were more than five million and cut across the 21 local government areas of the state.
Nashon disclosed that partners involved in the project include Management Sciences for Health, Catholic Relief Services and National Malaria Elimination Programme, with funding from Global Fund Malaria Project.
He, therefore, called on residents to remain at home during the exercise and to give an accurate number of those living in homes visited.
Nashon gave an assurance that each house would be visited and urged residents to make use of the treated nets to protect themselves from mosquitoes, especially pregnant women and children.
He further advised them to strictly adhere to instructions before using the nets.
(NAN)
