Lagos records over 978,000 malaria cases in 2025

Lagos State Health District V has disclosed that much than 978,000 malaria cases were treated crossed nationalist and backstage wellness facilities successful 2025, highlighting the continued load of the illness successful the state.

The Permanent Secretary of the District, Dr. Oladapo Asiyanbi, made this known during the 2026 World Malaria Day commemoration held astatine the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Secretariat connected April 29, 2026.

He stressed the request for residents to follow due health-seeking behaviour, informing against self-medication and urging strict adherence to prescribed malaria attraction arsenic portion of efforts to destruct the disease.

Asiyanbi besides simplified cardinal malaria power messages for stakeholders, outlining the state’s halfway involution pillars of Prevention, Testing, Treatment, and Tracking.

He reaffirmed the government’s committedness to providing escaped malaria diagnosis and attraction successful nationalist wellness facilities, arsenic good arsenic ensuring the availability of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), accelerated diagnostic trial kits (mRDTs), and Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies (ACTs).

The event, held successful enactment with this year’s planetary theme, “Malaria is Preventable and Treatable: Together, We Can Eliminate It,” featured advocacy and assemblage e...