The Borno government has lauded the achievements of the Malaria IMPACT Project in rural communities across the state.

Its health commissioner, Malam Gana, made a commendation at the 2024–2025 End-of-Year IMPACT Malaria Project meeting in Maiduguri.

The meeting was specially designed to review the implementation of the World Bank-supported malaria intervention project.

The project was managed by the Network for Health Equity and Development under the supervision of Borno’s health ministry.

The commissioner, however, said that the project had made a positive impact on the lives of rural dwellers, including those living in urban centres.

He also commended NHED’s team for outstanding performance in tackling malaria-related issues in most communities, from diagnosis and treatment to the distribution of drugs, among others, in designated healthcare facilities.

Mr Gana said that the success recorded so far in the project wouldn’t have been possible without the state government’s support and commitment.

The commissioner said that the state government had constructed and upgraded a number of hospitals and clinics, adding that the facilities were also equipped with the required digital gadgets and personnel.

Gana, however, reassured the state’s government commitments for the
sustainability of the initiative and continued collaboration with the technical partners.

NHED’s project director in Borno, Abu-Talib Musa, said that the project had achieved its desired objective in the state toward malaria elimination.

The NHED’s project director stated further that the initiative had succeeded in changing people’s attitudes toward drug abuse in most communities as part of plans to eliminate malaria in the state.

(NAN)