In the heart of the Delta, in the federal state of Bayelsa, MSF is making preparations for a project to fight malaria, the No. 1 killer in this remote, watery region. Medical care is a luxury here, while high unemployment and conflicts are everyday reality. A report by press officer Malou Nozeman. MSF trained over 200 monitoring and evaluation officers in 11 northern states, to monitor, report, control and respond to outbreaks. As the impact of the programme was seen to be limited, in 1999, the EPR programme was reduced in its scope and now covers only Kano state.
Malaria is the number one cause of mortality and morbidity in the region.