Kano plans data-driven malaria interventions for 44 LGs in 2027

Kano State in Nigeria is preparing to implement data-driven malaria interventions across its 44 local government areas in 2027. The state's Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, emphasized the importance of evidence-based planning and efficient resource utilization to strengthen malaria prevention and control efforts.

These plans were solidified during a three-day strategic workshop held in Kaduna, which focused on developing the 2027 Local Government Area Malaria Work Plan. The workshop aimed to enhance evidence-based planning, resource allocation, and the effective implementation of malaria interventions throughout the state. Participants included Primary Health Care Coordinators, Monitoring and Evaluation focal persons, Roll Back Malaria focal persons, and Zonal Directors, supported by the AMCEEN Consortium.

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This workshop is designed to strengthen evidence-based planning, resource allocation, utilisation and implementation of malaria intervention.

Commissioner Yusuf stated that robust LGA-level work plans are crucial for identifying priority needs, directing resources to areas with the greatest impact, and ensuring that interventions are responsive to community realities. The workshop involved finalizing intervention targets, conducting situation analyses, developing draft work plans, and reviewing mapped resources for costing proposed activities.

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Robust LGA-level work plans would help identify priority needs, direct resources to areas of greatest impact and ensure that malaria interventions were responsive to the realities of communities.

Professor Salisu Ahmad Ibrahim, Director-General of the Kano State Primary Health Care Management Board, commended the efforts, stressing the need for realistic, data-driven, and properly costed interventions. He urged participants to leverage available evidence and mapped resources to create actionable plans capable of delivering measurable improvements in malaria prevention, diagnosis, and treatment at the grassroots level.

The initiative is expected to produce prioritized, evidence-based, and costed work plans that will guide malaria interventions in 2027, ultimately contributing to a reduced burden of malaria and improved health outcomes across Kano State.

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He stressed the importance of developing realistic, data-driven and properly costed interventions, urging participants to leverage available evidence and mapped resources to produce actionable plans capable of delivering measurable improvements in malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment at the grassroots.