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The Acting Arua District Health Officer has blamed the increasing cases of malaria in the district to negative attitude by the community towards seeking medication for treating malaria. Dr. Paul Bishop Drileba, the Acting Arua District Health Officer, says it’s absurd the community doesn’t take malaria as a serious disease that can cost their lives and as a result they delay to seek medical attention.
“The community instead of seeking medication in a health facility they tend to seek for medication from traditional healers.
Dr. Drileba revealed that in 2018, Arua district registered more Malaria cases more than the whole of Lango region and at the moment malaria positivity stands at 62%.
“In the last six months we treated 96% malaria cases and the Village Health Team has intensified effort to treat malaria cases. Drileba also decried lack of accommodation for Health care workers citing that only 35% of Health workers are accommodated by the district authority.
“ The number of patients who frequent the health facilities in the district is high but at the moment the district authority lacks accommodation for medics and majority of them stay far away from their work place.
However in an effort to combat malaria in the district, Kenneth Mugisha, the chairperson Board of directors Rotarian Malaria partners of Uganda in company of other Rotarians launched a mosquito repellent tree planting campaign by planting mosquito repellent trees in various parts of Arua district. Mugisha called on the district authority to offer land to plant more mosquito repellent trees and flowers.
“We have used the environmental measures to ensure we save as many
lives as possible. Before the mosquito repellent trees grow, we shall use the indoor residual spray to combat malaria. We need to see our children grow because they’re the leaders of tomorrow.
Dr. Alex Atiku, a clinical director at Kuluva hospital in Arua district, hailed the mosquito repellent tree planting campaign saying it has come timely when locals are stuck with malaria disease.
Rev. FR. Dr. Picho Okodubuker Epiphay, one of the priests spearheading the fight against malaria in district says that by 2030 they expect to have no malaria any more in the district and asked the government to intensify the fight against malaria disease.
Dr. Christine Dranzoa, the Vice chancellor Muni University, commended
the Rotarian Malaria partners of Uganda for leading the fight against
malaria disease in the country.
