Green Life Pharmaceuticals/Hospitals has gifted mosquito nets, free tests, and treatments to residents of the Iwaya community in Yaba, Lagos state to combat malaria and promote health services.
Green Life and its partners, Clearline HMO, Clinix Healthcare, said the aim was to help the Iwaya community to reduce malaria-related morbidity and mortality rates.
Speaking at the event held at the Oba Palace, Yaba, General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Clearline HMO, Olaoye Olubukola, said the purpose was to help residents of Iwaya community to reduce the risk of having malaria to the barest minimum.
He said: “That is why we are speaking with the people, doing tests, treatments, giving drugs and mosquito nets to them. Malaria is deadly and we must minimise the risk for them.”
Similarly, Head, Marketing and Sales, Clinix Health care, Folake Obatoyinbo, who cited the rising cost of living in Nigeria, said preventing malaria was more economical than managing it.
She said the propensity of contracting malaria in the community is quite high, hence, the importance of urging residents of the community to keep their drainages and environment clean as well as timely usage of mosquito-treated nets being handed to them.
On his part, General Manager, Sales and Marketing at Green Life Pharmaceuticals, Derrick Osondi, hinted that the companies involved in the outreach have been consistent in their commitment to combating malaria, prioritising the people’s health over profits.
His words: “Yes we do sell Anti-malaria and our main products are anti-malaria, but still we don’t want to be seen as a company that is only interested in profit.
“We are also interested in people, so; if there is anything we can do to prevent malaria so people don’t have to die from it, we’ll do it. It’s people above profit.”
Responding, The Olu of Iwaya, Oba Suleiman Owolabi Ogun-Oloko, who noted flooding and blocked drainages are the major causes of malaria in the community, however said the intervention of the health companies will be impactful.