Speaking about her experience with the disease, Osas said she grew up in the United States and did not fully understand what malaria was until her sister travelled to Nigeria, became infected and later died.
“I only got to know what Malaria was in 2006 when my elder sister who had a child passed away because of it. I was in the USA so I didn't know nothing about it until my sister came to Nigeria and got infected by the so called Malaria,” she said.
The actress said her family was excited after learning that her sister was pregnant, making her sudden death even more painful.
“At the time, I grew up in the States, and so I wasn't really privy to it until my older sister passed away from malaria, and she was with child,” Osas recalled.
She said the experience opened her eyes to how deadly malaria can be, despite the disease sometimes being treated casually.
“People look at it as if it's like the common cold and people are dying from it,” she said.
Osas added that losing someone close to her to a treatable disease has motivated her to raise awareness and help prevent other families from experiencing similar tragedies.
“I feel that I don't want other people's lives to be in vain off of something that's treatable. And that is the reason,” she said.
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