Abuja – Dr Nnenna Ezeigwe, National Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), on Tuesday said the agency had trained adequate personnel for the 2015 National Malaria Indicator Survey.
Ezeigwe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that 37 teams were trained on data collection for the exercise.
She said the training had laid the foundation for the actual data collection exercise across the states of Nigeria.
She said each state would have one which comprised of one field supervisor, two interviewers, one nurse, one laboratory scientist and a driver.
“Quality control interviewers one for two states will conduct verification visits to re-administer full questionnaire to sample sub-set of households during the data collection,’’ she said.
She recalled that the National Malaria Indicator Survey was last done in 2010 and a repeat initially planned for 2014 was put off when Ebola Virus Disease was imported into the country.
“The unfortunate incidence though disruptive, was providential as it ironically also provided an opportunity for us to perfect our plan,’’ she said.
According to her, Nigeria occupies the unenviable position of contributing 32 per cent of the global malaria burden.
She said the good news was that government of Nigeria and the Roll Back Malaria partners have mobilised incredible resources to confront malaria scourge headlong.
She added that the interventions and investment of resources resulted in significant reduction of the malaria burden in most parts of the country.
Ezeigwe said that ICF International, World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Global Fund provide the technical support for the survey.
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“It will also be conducted in collaboration with the National Bureau of Statistics, National Population Commission to ensure a successful survey,’’ she said. (NAN)