Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike says that the state is second lowest in Nigeria with Incidences of malaria.
Angel Network News (ANN) reports that Dr. Obidike disclosed this while briefing the press in his office in Awka.
According to Dr. Obidike, Anambra is second lowest with five percent prevalence rate after Lagos which is the lowest with three percent, adding that the state is working tirelessly to be the lowest with malaria incidence in Nigeria.
The health commissioner, noted that under five death attributed to malaria has also reduced from 3.6% in 2022 to 0.96%Â in 2023, according to the District Health Information System (DHIS) report.
He further explained that since Governor Chukwuma Soludo approved free antenatal and free delivery for pregnant women in the state last year, that they have had over 6,000 deliveries with only one death and that they also include free albendozal among the drugs they give to the women.
On what the Soludo administration has done in the area of primary healthcare, the Commissioner added that government is building at least one fully equipped and functional primary healthcare centre in all the 326 political wards in Anambra, with solar powered lights in all of them.
Dr. Obidike pointed out that soon, the wife of the Governor, Mrs. Nonye Soludo will launch human papilloma virus drug for the prevention of cervical cancer, all geared towards having a state with sound healthcare system.
The health commissioner equally made it clear that the Soludo administration also wants to build and design a better Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital that would be efficient both infrastructurally and in service delivery.
Dr. Obidike revealed that Governor Soludo’s government plans to build a very smart healthcare system that every onye Anambra will be proud of and that will compete favourably with healthcare system in developed countries of the world.
