Cuban investors are poised to begin construction of a US$25 million malaria control factory in Nigeria. The first of its kind in Africa, the investment in the factory is in addition to another US$30 million to be spent on a Vector Control programme in Rivers State, Nigeria.
The factory is a joint undertaking between the Caribbean island and the Rivers State Government. It should come on line in two years’ time. It will have a capacity of some six million cubic litres of a yet unnamed insecticide that will be used to treat Malaria mosquito breeding sites in that state. The goal of these two closely related projects, the factory and the Vector Control programme, is the eradication of Malaria within the next five years.
The Cuban ambassador to Nigeria recently escorted the team of Cuban investors through Rivers State, one with a dubious distinction of having the highest incidence of infant and maternal mortality due to Malaria. Nigeria records a whopping 100 million cases of the disease annually. Compare that to the 1.5 million Malaria deaths the world over every year.
Cuba and Nigeria have entered into this ambitious arrangement on the heels of the Africa South America heads of state and government meeting held in Venezuela earlier. (Source: businessdayonline.com)
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Cuban investors are poised to begin construction of a US$25 million malaria control factory in Nigeria. The first of its kind in Africa, the investment in the factory is in addition to another US$30 million to be spent on a Vector Control programme in Rivers State, Nigeria.
The factory is a joint undertaking between the Caribbean island and the Rivers State Government. It should come on line in two years’ time. It will have a capacity of some six million cubic litres of a yet unnamed insecticide that will be used to treat Malaria mosquito breeding sites in that state. The goal of these two closely related projects, the factory and the Vector Control programme, is the eradication of Malaria within the next five years.
The Cuban ambassador to Nigeria recently escorted the team of Cuban investors through Rivers State, one with a dubious distinction of having the highest incidence of infant and maternal mortality due to Malaria. Nigeria records a whopping 100 million cases of the disease annually. Compare that to the 1.5 million Malaria deaths the world over every year.
Cuba and Nigeria have entered into this ambitious arrangement on the heels of the Africa South America heads of state and government meeting held in Venezuela earlier. (Source: businessdayonline.com)
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