The mosquito didn’t give you malaria—and that misunderstanding is costing lives!!
Malaria will continue exploiting the gaps in our knowledge as effectively as it exploits the gaps in our mosquito nets.
Tag: Malaria
Malaria, diarrhoea cases top Buseruka Health Centre III data
Beatrice Wembabazi, the Hoima District woman MP, gets surprised by the situation facing the facility, calling for immediate government intervention.
Why does malaria still evade Africa despite all our knowledge!
“Despite decades of research, innovation, and proven tools, Africa still loses hundreds of thousands of women and children to malaria, a crisis of financing, policy, and sustained national action.”
Govt orients Lango cultural leaders on malaria vaccine and routine immunization
Rukia: “We trained Lango clan leaders to act as government advocates, educating their communities about the malaria vaccine and routine immunization.”
Adjumani targets over 140,000 households under IRS campaign
Norbert Dragule, the Malaria Focal Person for Adjumani District Local Government, revealed that malaria prevalence in the district remains high despite ongoing interventions.
ICU minister rallies Teso to combat 286,674 cases of malaria
According to the WHO 2022 report, Uganda had an estimated 12.7 million malaria cases and over 17,556 deaths.
Malaria is still the leading killer in Adjumani
Uganda first implemented the IRS in Kigezi in the ’60s and early ’70s in an attempt to eliminate malaria.
Locals in Pader sub-county decry shortages of anti-malarial drugs
The average economic loss to malaria in Uganda annually is over shs. 1.8trillion.
Dokolo district registers 27,899 cases of malaria – report
The malaria death rate in Uganda is estimated to be between 70,000 and 100,000 deaths per year; a toll that exceeds that of HIV/AIDS.
Can monoclonal antibodies save us from malaria morbidity and mortality?
Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in many developing countries, where young children and pregnant women are the group most affected.
Researchers attribute the surge in malaria cases in Northern Uganda to climate variability
In Uganda, recent occurrence of flooding in 2019 along the River Nile and droughts in Northern Uganda has had impact on the transmission of malaria in the affected areas like Gulu, Amuru, Omoro, Oyam, Amuru; Adjumani, Moyo and Obongi.
Robust health systems could stem climate-related rising cases of malaria
While governments continue to use treated bed nets and indoor residual spraying as primary tools for combating malaria-causing mosquitoes, these mosquitoes can now survive exposure to insecticides, allowing them to continue transmitting malaria.