Cases of malaria have been on the increase in recent times in your country. Write a letter to the Minister of Health, discussing your observation and suggesting at least three ways of curbing the disease.
Explanation
Community Secondary School,
Old Netim, Akamkpa L.G.A
Cross River State, Nigeria.
13th of September, 2021.
Honourable Minister of Health,
Federal Secretariat complex,
Phase ll, Shehu Shagari way.
Central Business District
Abuja, F.C.T. Nigeria.
Sir,
CASES OF MALARIA INCREASE IN RECENT TIMES IN MY COUNTRY, NIGERIA.
I wish to bring to your notice cases of malaria íncrease in my country, Nigeria. Every day in the last six months had witnessed a rapid increase of malaria in all the thirty-six states in my country, Nigeria. According to medical reports, about six hundred people have died in the last six months as a result of malaria.
Malaria is a parasitic disease caused by plasmodium, carried by female anopheles mosquito bites. Some of the symptoms include high fever, associated with shivering, sweating and sometimes severe dace. Malaria is deadly if proper medication is not administered by trained medical personnel, For example, in Kogi, Taraba and Akwa lbom states, the people resorted to self-medication and traditional methods for the treatment of malaria, The resultant effects were massive death of the citizens of those states in Nigeria.
Malaria is a parasitic disease. it can be transmitted from infected person to uninfected person through a vector- an animal which transmits a disease-causing organism called pathogen, from the person suffering the disease to another person. In the case of malaria, the female mosquito is the carrier of the disease.
The government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Health should rise-up to the challenge posed by the deadly disease called malaria, in the country. No problem is insurmountable if all hands are on deck. The Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in conjunction with the federal ministry of health should do the following in order to curb or even eradicate malaria from the country. The entire population of this country must be educated on how to maintain good hygiene. Drainage of swamps that serve as the breeding ground for mosquitoes and clearing of bushes around our houses should be done to reduce the hiding places for adult mosquitoes. Broken pots and empty cans should be buried to eliminate possible breeding places for mosquitoes. Stagnant water should be drained or oiled sprayed on the stagnant water to reduce the Surface tension of water and prevent larval stages of mosquitoes from breathing, hence they will die.
The Government should provide drugs like chloroquine to cure malaria fever. The government should also provide every household with an insecticide mosquito treated net and enforce all the citizens to use the net, to prevent mosquito bites. Insect repellent should be used on the body to repel or prevent mosquito bites. Also the use of biological control like the use of predators in the mosquito habitat to eliminate or eat up the mosquito larvae.
The Ministry of Health in conjunction with the Nigerian Association should advise the government on how to improve the health status of the citizens of Nigeria. They should also alert the country when and where there is an outbreak of diseases like malaria and carry out research into ways of preventing and controlling diseases.
Finally, the Ministry of Health should monitor the recruitment of well-trained doctors in the hospitals and assist in the training and re-training of medical and para-medical staff needed in health care delivery. if all the suggestions given above are implemented malaria will be curbed if not totally eradicated in my country, Nigeria.
Yours Faithfully,
Ekpo Ita Bassey.