The office of Inspector-General (OIG), of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has re-launched its reward for persons who would help it with information on stolen and falsified anti-malaria drugs and other commodities for treating or preventing the disease in the country.USAID offers rewards between $100 and $10,000 for previously unknown, usable information about theft, counterfeiting, resale, or other abuses of U.S. government-funded antimalarial commodities, Jonathan Scotfield, International Investigator for the organization said recently in Abuja at a media briefing.
The organization seeks adequate punishment for persons involved in the crimes, and would be partnering with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Scotfield stated. “OIG started the MAD malaria campaign in 2015 to remind Nigerians of the dangers of using stolen and falsified antimalarial medications or other goods. Malaria is transmitted throughout Nigeria with an estimated 100 million malaria cases and about 300,000 deaths each year. Nigeria’s National Malaria Strategic Plan reports that malaria is the cause of 30 percent of childhood deaths, 25 percent of deaths in children under-one year, and 11 percent of maternal deaths in the country.
Source:NationalMirror
