The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has said the annual loss to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product from Malaria exceeds $1.1bn.
Pate said this at the inaugural meeting of the Advisory on Malaria Elimination in Nigeria in Abuja.
A statement issued by the Ministry’s deputy director of information and public relations, Alaba Balogun, today, stated that pate described malaria as not just a health crisis, but an economic and developmental emergency that must be eliminated.
Pate said the unveiling of the advisory body is a bold and decisive step to confront and address the disease.
