Nigeria: Chloroquine malaria treatments to be phased out

Nigeria is to phase out malaria-resistant drugs such as chloroquine immediately and switch to the more effective but more expensive artemisinin-based drugs, Health Minister Eyitayo Lambo said on Tuesday. With the mosquito-borne disease responsible for 30 percent of all childhood deaths, Nigeria has adopted a World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation to use artemisinin-based combination therapy.