The federal authorities mentioned malaria parasite prevalence amongst youngsters aged six to 59 months had declined from 22 per cent in 2021 to 15.2 per cent in 2025, whereas setting a goal to cut back malaria prevalence and malaria-attributable deaths by 50 per cent by 2030.
The coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, disclosed this on the launch of the 2025 Nigeria Malaria Indicator Survey Report and the National Malaria Strategic Plan 2026–2030 in Abuja on Thursday.
Pate, represented by the ministry’s everlasting secretary, Daju Kachollom, mentioned the decline marked progress in Nigeria’s malaria response, however cautioned that it shouldn’t be mistaken for elimination.
He mentioned the 6.8 percentage-point decline mirrored the federal government’s dedication to enhancing well being outcomes underneath President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
The minister cited Kebbi State as an instance of progress, noting that malaria prevalence there fell from 49 per cent in 2021 to 18 per cent in 2025.
“The 6.8 percentage-point decline reflects meaningful progress in Nigeria’s malaria response, in line with the federal government’s commitment to improving health outcomes under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda,” he mentioned.
The minister additionally highlighted the usage of insecticide-treated nets, saying 72.3 per cent of kids and 80.6 per cent of pregnant girls in households that owned the nets slept underneath one.
He pressured the necessity to strengthen constant use of the preventive intervention as a part of efforts to cut back malaria infections and deaths.
Also talking, the nationwide coordinator of the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), Dr Nnenna Ogbulafor, mentioned the 2025 survey and the brand new strategic plan have been meant to present a standard evidence-based framework for the federal government, improvement companions, civil society organisations and different stakeholders.
Ogbulafor mentioned the survey adopted the expiration of the earlier malaria strategic plan in 2025 and would assist the nation assess progress, determine gaps and set priorities for the following 5 years.
She outlined six goals for the launch, together with presenting the survey findings, launching the brand new strategic plan, selling shared understanding and possession, strengthening state-level motion, mobilising home financing and enhancing partnerships and accountability.
She mentioned malaria prevalence various throughout states, making it essential to tailor interventions to native circumstances. State-level information, she added, would assist governments develop price plans based mostly on their particular illness burden and priorities.
“The strategic plan is hinged on sub-national tailoring. We know that malaria burden is very heterogeneous as we go across states,” she mentioned.
Ogbulafor additionally referred to as for stronger home financing, saying federal and state governments should commit assets to malaria elimination whereas working with improvement companions to shut funding gaps.
She mentioned the NMEP would have interaction present coordination constructions, together with the National Malaria Working Group and technical working teams, to set up clear duties, indicators and periodic critiques for monitoring progress in direction of 2030 targets.
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