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Catching them young, an excited Ramatu collects
LLNI for herself. Photo Credit: USAID/TSHIP |
Listening to a recent radio jingle, encouraging Nigerians to do a proper blood test before taking malaria medication, reminded me how deadly malaria could be. The jingle was an important reminder about how many Nigerians simply go to a neighborhood pharmacy to purchase malaria drugs without proper diagnosis. Malaria is so common here that sometimes people forget just how dangerous it is, especially for children under the age of five. The World Health Organization (WHO) says, in Africa, a child dies every minute from malaria.
