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The Borno Government on Saturday said it distributed 3.7 million pieces of treated mosquito nets to control malaria in the state.
Alhaji Mala Waziri, the Coordinator, Malaria Control Programme, made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri.
Waziri said that the nets were distributed to parents of children under the age of five years in the past three months in 12 high risk local government areas of the state.
He explained that over 1.2 million nets were distributed monthly in the benefiting communities during the three round exercises conducted between July and September, noting that arrangements were concluded for the October round exercise.
Waziri added that the nets were also distributed to expectant and breast feeding mothers in health facilities in rural communities of the state.
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