Malaria
remains a huge global health burden with more than 90% of fatalities occurs in
Africa and about half a million infant mortality each year. Malarial infection
is of particular concern as it is a disease that can be both treated and
prevented. Nigeria, biggest country by population in Africa, is responsible for
about 25% of global health burden. While all local and international efforts
aim to implement Nigeria’s current National Strategic Malaria Plan [NMSP
2014-2020] to have Nigeria free of Malaria by 2020, the current healthcaresystem in Nigeria remains a major system bottleneck to achieving such
challenging objective but yet still achievable.
This report
on Nigeria’s current malaria situation aims to highlight healthcare system
challenges that face Nigeria as a country, and possible plans that integrate
both local and international initiatives to reach 2020 with a malaria-free
country.The studies used in this review were retrieved from CINAHL Plus,
MEDLINE, ProQuest and PUBMED databases focusing on Malaria and healthcare
challenges in Nigeria. Google scholar was used on one occasion to obtain one
full-text article
Global Malaria Facts and Overview:
Malaria is a
life-threatening disease that can be both prevented and treated which can
dramatically reduce the burden of disease in the globe. There are about 3.2
billion people around the world at risk of infection, approximately half of the
total world population, and about half a million people died in 2015 worldwide
due to malaria infection .A comparison of incomes in a malarial versus
non-malarial countries shows that income is five times higher in non-malarial countries.
Where malaria infection flourishes, poverty and poor health outcome exist.
Malaria-endemic countries have an impeding economic growth and development by
both direct and indirect way such as productivity, healthcare cost, and infant
mortality.Read more.....
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