Nigeria: Taking a Bold Step Against Malaria

20 May 2016

With Nigeria having one of the highest burden of malaria scourge in the world, putting over 90 per cent of its population at risk of the disease, Reckitt Benckisers, through its "own a community project" has taken a bold step to change the narrative towards eliminating the menace in the country.

It is no longer news that malaria kills about 482,000 children under age five every year across the globe, which means 1300 children die every day globally due to malaria scourge, with the prevalence not having a significant decline year in year out, as available statistics have proven beyond reasonable doubt. What this implies is that one child dies from malaria every minute.

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