Dokolo | National Medical Stores (NMS) has donated 2,521 bales of mosquito nets to the Dokolo District to curb escalating malaria cases in the district.
Principal Assistant Chief Administrative Officer, Dokolo Denish Orit, confirmed the receipt and appealed to all stakeholders to ensure that they monitor the distribution of the nets.
Eugine Odongo, Assistant District Health Officer, Dokolo, said the mosquito nets will be distributed to the sub-county leaders and later handed over to beneficiaries for use.
Odongo appealed to people of the Dokolo district to follow malaria protective measures such as sleeping under the mosquito net, planting repellents, clearing bushy areas and destroying breeding places for mosquitoes, among others.
James Otoo Apili, LC5 chairperson of Dokolo appealed to sub-county leaders to supply the mosquito nets to intended beneficiaries to reduce malaria.
The malaria, Apili said, is burdening and threatening the district.
Otoo cautioned people to avoid sabotaging the program by putting politics in the distribution. “It can jeopardise the exercise.”
He noted that the distributions will be done per household across the district and appealed to people to avoid misusing the nets.
Dokolo faces a high malaria burden, particularly affecting children under five, with significant case numbers even after net distributions, linked to factors like poor net use, household size, and rural settings.
According to the Ministry of Health, it requires strong community-based prevention, routine screening, and consistent intervention to combat transmission and vector resistance.
A 2023 study by the Malaria Consortium highlighted a high malaria burden in Dokolo children under five, with about one-third infected, emphasising the need for routine screening.
By Nasuru Hassan Ocen
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