About Ned Nwoko Foundation
Ned Nwoko Foundation is a non-governmental organization founded and chaired by entrepreneur, philanthropist and former member of Nigeria’s Federal Parliament, Prince Ned Munir Nwoko.
Overview
Malaria is a very deadly infectious disease that has been afflicting mankind for thousands of years. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the annual prevalence rate of malaria infections was 219 million people worldwide as at the end of 2017. The statistics also shows that a staggering 3.2 billion people out of the world population of 7.2 billion face the risk of contracting malaria. It further reveals that annually, there are 584,000 deaths from malaria worldwide, with 90 percent of the deaths occurring in Africa. This is because the majority of infections in Africa are caused by plasmodium falciparum, the most dangerous of the four human malaria parasites. It is also because the most effective malaria vector – the mosquito Anopheles gambiae – is the most widespread in Africa and the most difficult to control.
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Project Outcome
To achieve a declaration of malaria free Nigeria and Africa by the World Health Organisation.
Partnership & Collaborations
Burden of Malaria in Africa
Malaria affects families in Africa and renders children and infants incapable of cognitive development.
Malaria grossly hinders the expansion of tourism and culture. It greatly incapacitates and impoverishes the people.
Malaria increases school absenteeism and impairs educational development of children and youths in Africa.
Road to Malaria Elimination
THE ANTARCTICA EXPEDITION AND SIGNIFICANCE – First Black African to visit South Pole
The malaria elimination campaign was flagged off via a symbolic expedition to the Antarctica by Prince Ned Nwoko in January, 2020. The Antarctica is surrounded by a vast, unbroken and dynamic body of water known as the Southern Ocean, which constitutes about 15% of the world’s total ocean surface. Prince Ned Nwoko’s made history as the first black African to ever visit the South Pole.
