Nigeria notified of $48.5 million in new funding through PMI Makurdi – On November 13, 2020, the U.S. government, through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), donated 3.6 million bed nets to Nigeria’s Benue State as part of a national campaign to provide enough nets for every Nigerian to be protected from the deadly disease every night. ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 13 November, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News, Press Releases | Tags: Bed Nets, Benue, Malaria, PMI, USAID
Abuja – The United States Government, through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is supporting the Government of Nigeria to conduct a household survey to determine the extent of COVID-19 transmission in the states of Gombe, Enugu, and Nasarawa. The survey will increase the current understanding of COVID-19 transmission and burden in ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 24 September, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News, Press Releases | Tags: CDC, COVID-19, Malaria, Survey
Gusau – On August 20, 2020, the U.S. government, through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), donated 3.1 million bed nets in Nigeria’s Zamfara State as part of a national campaign to provide enough nets for every Nigerian to be protected from the deadly disease every night. The PMI program in Nigeria is jointly implemented by the ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 21 August, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, News, Press Releases | Tags: Bed Nets, Malaria, USAID, Zamfara
Development assistance under 2015 agreement reaches $1.8 billion Abuja – On June 2, 2020, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced notification of an additional $234.5 million in development assistance to continue support for the goals outlined in the 2015 bilateral Development Objectives Assistance Agreement (DOAG) between the U.S. and Nigerian governments. Most of ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 6 June, 2020 | Topics: Agriculture, Education, Health Issues, News, Press Releases | Tags: assistance, Malaria, Sanitation, USAID, Water
Abuja – The 14th
Annual Report of the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), which will be released today in conjunction with World Malaria Day, indicates that child death rates have decreased in Nigeria by 16 percent since 2010 when the United States began providing malaria control support to the country. During the same period, malaria prevalence has decreased by almost half – from ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 24 April, 2020 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: CDC, Malaria, PMI, USAID, World Malaria Day
Jos – On February 23, 2020, the U.S. government, through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), donated 2.4 million bed nets in Nigeria’s Plateau State as part of a national campaign to provide enough nets so that every Nigerian may be protected from the deadly disease every night. The PMI program is jointly implemented by the U.S. ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 25 February, 2020 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: CDC, Jos, Malaria, Malaria Control, Malaria Initiative, Plateau State, USAID
Abakaliki – On November 7, 2019, the U.S. government, through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), donated 1.75 million bed nets in Nigeria’s Ebonyi state as part of a national campaign to provide enough nets for every Nigerian to be protected from the deadly disease every night. This activity will benefit all 3.1 million residents of Ebonyi, ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 12 November, 2019 | Topics: Health Issues, News, Press Releases | Tags: Bed Nets, Ebonyi, Malaria, PMI, USAID
Calabar, Nigeria – The United States reached more than 4.2 million people in over 4,000 communities in Cross River state with 2.3 million long lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) over the last two months as part of its comprehensive effort to control malaria across Nigeria. The Cross River state government acknowledged this milestone at a dissemination ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 1 July, 2019 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Bed Nets, Calabar, Health, Malaria, USAID
Opinion Editorial By F. John Bray, U.S. Consul General, Lagos The United Nation’s call to “end malaria for good” resonates deeply with me – I have had malaria. I am encouraged by the progress that has been made to eliminate this terrible disease. The global mortality rate dropped by 47 per cent between 2000 and ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 25 April, 2017 | Topics: Consul General, Lagos, News | Tags: F. John Bray, Malaria, PMI, World Malaria Day
ABUJA, NIGERIA- Today, the United States Embassy in Nigeria commemorated World Malaria Day during a ceremony that highlighted the global campaign to “end malaria for good.” This year, Nigeria chose the slogan; “what is your role?”- to recognize individual and collective roles to end the scourge of malaria. Each year in Nigeria, more than 80 ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 24 April, 2017 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, News, Press Releases | Tags: ACT, Malaria, PMI, USAID, World Malaria Day
His Excellency, Alhaji Abdul’Aziz Yari Abubakar, Executive Governor of Zamfara State; The Honorable Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole; Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President, Dangote Foundation and Malaria Private Sector Ambassador; and Dr. Audu Bala Mohammed, National Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Program. Ladies, Gentlemen and members of the press, good morning and thank you for coming ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 24 April, 2017 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, News, Speeches | Tags: CDC, Malaria, PMI, World Malaria Day
Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria – Today, Dr. Rick Niska representative to the Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Nigeria, handed over 4.5 million bed nets at the flag-off event to the Oyo state Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. The bed nets valued at $13.5 million will be distributed through a mass campaign scheduled ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 21 October, 2016 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Funding, Malaria, Mosquito Bed Nets, USAID
June 3, 2016 (as prepared for delivery) Good morning. Thank you for coming to this important event. On April 25 this year, Nigeria joined the rest of the world to observe World Malaria Day. Of course, for many Nigerians, every day is malaria day—a day to keep up the fight against this killer disease. Malaria ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 3 June, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Exclude All, Speeches | Tags: Ambassador, Health, Malaria, Nigeria, PEPFAR, World Malaria Day