Abstract – Jumare, M. H. (2022), AJMRA Vol. 2(2), pp. 1-9, March.

Abstract: This study examined the role of librarians in the provision of health information to malaria patients in Zaria, local government of Kaduna state. Two libraries and Four Hospital were used to make this Study Fully Examined; President Kennedy library and (PKL) Kong, Zaria. And Federal College of Education Library (FCE) Zaria. The following Objectives of the study were Made Identification of the challenges facing malaria patients in Zaria local government. The Actual roles of librarians in information provision for malaria patients; face to face survey method was Adopted in which twenty nine(29) respondents all together answered an Interview; Eighteen (18) malaria patients and Eleven (11) librarians in Zaria local government Area as well as PKL and FCE librarians were purposively sampled; The target population on for this study were the malaria patients in Zaria Local government as well as Librarians ; finding shows that the challenges malaria patients faces are passing malaria to child, loss of growth, fever, Abortion sweats and muscle pain. Malaria patients sources of information are doctors ,articles, radios, librarians among others roles of librarians are to refer patients to doctors within the University or use the internet to answer some of their queries ; The Recommendation were offered; library and government should be organized weekly, quarterly, and annual workshop, conference and seminar in public and academic libraries so that on the affected of Malaria would be communicated to their publicity; librarians to be Responsibility for providing malaria information in library; Current awareness should be created by librarians to the public and academic library members; librarians should also recommend a Forums for Orientation of students in libraries and training of staff in libraries on malaria information.
Keywords: Challenges: Malaria Patients: Health-Related Information: Qualitative Research: Thematic Analysis