US President’s Malaria Initiative for States (PMI-S) Project Factsheet
US President’s Malaria Initiative for States (PMI-S) Project Factsheet
An estimated 97% of Nigeria’s population is at risk of contracting malaria. Pregnant women and young
children living in places where malaria is highly prevalent are four times more likely than other adults to
get malaria, and twice as likely to die of the disease.
The PMI-S project is USAID Nigeria and PMI’s flagship project to reduce malaria mortality and morbidity
in Nigeria. The project supports the Government of Nigeria through its agencies at the federal, state,
local government areas, and community levels to improve quality and access to services for the
prevention and management of malaria and its complications. PMI-S contributes to the National Malaria
Elimination Program’s (NMEP) vision of achieving a malaria-free Nigeria, and to the PMI Strategy 2015-
2020 goal to further reduce deaths and decrease morbidity toward the long-term goal of elimination.
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