Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw has added to her charitable gestures by pledging to be an advocate of malaria awareness.
Kate made the commitment at an event organized in Lagos to proffer solutions in combating the terminal disease.
She expressed her support for National Malaria Elimination Programme and the Society for Family Health in their fight against malaria with a 2020 target date for eliminating up to 80% of current cases.
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The actress tasked all media outlets to educate citizens on the deadliness of malaria, which, according to public health NGO, The Society for Family Health, accounts for 11% of maternal mortality and three in ten deaths of children less than five years old.
