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Uganda Government seeks for funds to carry out house to house HIV testing

Isaac Senabulya — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 09:38:35 +0000

Ministry of Health seeks for Ushs 450 billion to carry out an integrated house to house testing for HIV and Aids, Malaria and hepatitis B in the whole Country to establish how many people have these sicknesses.

The campaign will target those people aged 14 years and above as well as the Children at risk to enable Government plan accordingly.

The Minister of Health Dr. Erioda Tumwesigye while appearing before the Committee of Health said government has been facing a lot of challenges in planning for people leaving with HIV and other related diseases because it lacks data on the exact number of people affected by these diseases.

He said as soon as the funds are availed the campaign will role throughout the Country house to house like it has been done in Immunization which he said has been a success.

Erioda further disclosed that Hepatitis B has also become a very big problem saying close to 3.5 million Ugandans are affected hence calling for concerted effort to eradicate it form the Country.

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Kamwenge wants to reduce malaria prevalence

Gerald Businge — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:31:50 +0000

Kamwenge District may be at a higher risk to face the increased rate of malaria prevalence if serious attention is not paid to malaria prevention efforts.

Bazaaraki Vincent the records personnel medical department says the rate of malaria prevalence in Kamwenge in the month of June was at 53%.

Bazaaraki explains that of the16, 079 people who carried out diagnosis, only 2461 tested and half of the number was found malaria positive.

Dr. Ochen Gregory, the acting Kamwenge District Health Officer attributes the increase to climatic conditions and vegetation cover that favor the rapid multiplication of female anopheles mosquitoes in the District and low adaptation of control measures.

He however, says that control measure have been introduced including Rapid Diagnosis(RPD), distribution of mosquito nets in all sub counties , mass sensitization among others.

Ochen emphasizes the need for members’ public to always go for medical checkups early enough if the communities are to effectively treat malaria fever.

By Sunday Rogers

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Uganda Health Minister says Malaria prevalence to reduce by 2015

Gerald Businge — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:07:23 +0000

Mosquito which spreads Malaria disease

The Uganda Minister of State for Primary Heath, James Kakooza has indicated that malaria prevalence rates will reduce by 5 percent before the end of 2015.

Currently, the prevalence of malaria in Uganda stands at more than 25 percent and remains the leading killer mostly affecting children and pregnant mothers according to statistics from the Ministry of Health.

Kakooza told Ultimate Media that the government has put in place various interventions, like giving free mosquito nets to Ugandans that cannot afford and spraying DDT to reduce the prevalence rates by 2015.

The minister says the Ministry of Health pilot scheme to spray DDT in the districts of Kanungu, Kumi and the Acholi region has already significantly reduced the malaria prevalence rates by about 5 percent.

Kakooza says with such a success story Ugandan’s should not think the task is impossible.

By Zacharia Tiberindwa

Ultimate Media

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Uganda pregnant women to receive seven million mosquito nets

Gerald Businge — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:20:01 +0000

The State Minister for Primary Health care, James Kakooza has indicated that his ministry will distribute about seven million mosquito nets to Uganda pregnant women and children under the age of five years across the country.

Kakooza has told journalists at Uganda Parliament that the ministry of Health has received a grant of about 17 million treated mosquito nets from Global Fund.

He says out of the 17 million mosquito nets, only seven million nets have been procured and will be distributed in the first Phase.

Kakooza says people in sub- counties where no mosquito nets have been distributed in the last 3 years and those that received mosquito nets which are likely to have expired will have first priority. He says regional balance will also be considered in the distribution of the nets.

The minister appealed to the media to help sensitize the public on the distribution of accelerated insecticide treated mosquito nets to ensure the reduction of malaria infection rates.

According to the Uganda ministry of health, malaria is the leading cause of death in Uganda mostly affecting pregnant women and children.

Ultimate Media

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