The Association of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers, APPMED, has declared that the majority of Nigerian families are feeling the devastating effects of malaria infection.
APPMED President, Comrade Kubiat Akpan, made this declaration during a public enlightenment campaign on malaria in Lagos.
Akpan, in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Thursday, explained that, as medicine dealers, they see the devastating impact of malaria on families every single day.
He explained that malaria is a public health challenge that requires the intervention of all and sundry.
He added that individuals, groups and organisations should support the fight against malaria to reduce its prevalence to the barest minimum.
Akpan then used the opportunity to pledge that members of the association across the country would continue to strive to tackle the prevalence of malaria in the country.
He said, “As medicine dealers on the frontlines of healthcare delivery across every ward and local government in Nigeria, we see the devastating impact of malaria on families every single day.
“When we align community health practitioners with the passion of our youth, malaria will have no hiding place in Nigeria.”
Every Nigerian family feeling devastating effect of malaria – APPMED