 And the Federal Ministry of Health has vowed to reduce malaria prevalence in the country through collaborative efforts with the media. This came to bear today in Apuja at a media sensitization program organized for media practitioners. Positiv Emanuele Higiene completes the story. Malaria is a public issue that affects every Nigerian. This statement is supported by a 2022 report which suggests Nigeria has the highest prevalence of malaria in the world. The report also stated that children under the age of five years, including pregnant women, are more susceptible, which suggests that emphasis should be placed on how to prevent its prevalence in the country. 2015 it was 27 percent, 2021 it was 22 percent and I can assure you that if we done it in 2020 it will be less, we have deployed new strategies. First we provide anti-malaria medicines, we also distribute nets and most recently we have started seasonal malaria chemo preventive treatment especially in the northern part of the country where malaria is very prevalent. Rafael Ouyilo, who is the head of the branch for the program, also affirmed why the media must continue to engage the ministry and ways to create awareness and ways to tackle malaria attacks. In their Goodwill messages, Stackhouse called on the media to go steps further to report and investigate the lifestyle of people and also sensitize Nigerians on how to deal with malaria in various localities. People tend to want to read the second one more than the first one, the one that is just fat and they like, but the ones that capture malaria now is making a negative or a positive impact in the lives of people in the community, that is what I want to push you to also do, go to the communities, find out, today we are proposing on care seeking, to people really go to the facilities, where do they go, why do they go there, what can we do, the factors that are underflowing the seeking of care by people in the communities, how do we make a difference as media personnel. That is why it is key for any media to network and synchronize our activity with the media. That is why it is key for any media to network and synchronize our activity with the media so that they will hear the information, they will hear the information. A presentation on improving care seeking behavior for Nigeria control and the answer is that prompt treatment of malaria is the only way to treat malaria attacks. To hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.