Kaduna records 2% reduction in under-five mortality — Commissioner

The Kaduna State Government Tuesday said it has recorded a two per cent reduction in the under-five mortality rate.

The Commissioner for Health, Amina Mohammed-Baloni, said this during a news conference to mark 2023 World Malaria Day with the theme “Time to Deliver Zero Malaria; Invest, Innovate, Implement.”

Represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Adamu Mansir, the commissioner said that the state also achieved a 68 per cent refill rate order for all antimalarial commodities.