… AS LAGOS COMMENCE ANOTHER ROUND OF INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING (IRS) EXERCISE AGAINST MALARIA
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, has stated that no fewer than 3.5 million people resident in the State have been protected against malaria through the State government’s integrated vector management programme, the indoor residual spraying and larviciding exercise aimed at combating malaria in the State.
Idris, who made this known over the weekend at a press briefing to signal the commencement of another 40 day indoor residual spraying (IRS) exercise in six local government and 13 local council development areas (LGAs/LCDAs) of the state, noted that since year 2010 when the IRS exercise commenced, no fewer than 49,003 households have been sprayed.
