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The struggle between herders and farmers in Nigeria over farmland and pasture is a serious and escalating conflict registering huge casualties and raising tensions particularly in the country’s Middle Belt. Drought and desertification in the north have forced pastoralist herdsmen to seek grazing lands further south resulting in competition over resources and clashes with settled farmers.

The programme aimed to prevent and control malaria in four states in Nigeria by increasing access to affordable and high-quality treatment kits; training mothers in malaria prevention; and supporting the widespread demand for insecticide treated bed-nets. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Programme summary