Uganda: 2019 Malaria

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Source: https://www.independent.co.ug/malaria-outbreak-feared-in-kampala/

Malaria outbreak feared in Kampala
The Independent August 7, 2019

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five children are admitted each day in Acute Care Unit of Mulago National Referral hospital with convulsions and anemia resulting from malaria infection.

Dr. Richard Idro, a Pediatrician in the Unit, says this situation is unlike weeks ago when they were registering four to five cases a week.

?It?s not only very young children who we used to see with such complications but now mostly bigger children in primary school with cerebral and severe malaria?, he said.

Adding that, ?Some of the patients are presenting with complications that have previously been rare with malaria patients.?...

 

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Source: http://www.pmldaily.com/features/health/2019/08/malaria-cases-on-the-rise-in-uganda-moh.html


Malaria cases on the rise in Uganda ? MOH
TRACY TEDDY NAYIGA | PML Daily Reporter
By TRACY TEDDY NAYIGA | PML Daily Reporter
Posted on August 13, 2019

KAMPALA ? The Ministry of Health has revealed that there has been an increase in the Malaria cases by over 1 million countrywide for the period of June-August 2019.

In a statement dated August 12, the ministry has noted that there has been a 40% increase in the Malaria cases from 1 million cases in June 2018 to 1.4 million cases in June 2019.

?While this is lower than the number of cases registered between 2016-2017, it is important to note that this is the peak Malaria season where an increase in the Malaria cases are registered,? reads an excerpt from the statement.

The MOH has attributed the increase in Malaria cases to many reasons such as seasonality: This period of June- July usually has the most malaria cases following the rainy season, Climate change: Prolonged intermittent rains in various parts of the country that have lasted till to date (August 2019).

In addition, the increase in malaria has been caused by reduced net ownership and use due to the ageing of nets distributed in 2017 mass campaign, low malaria prevalence in areas such as Kampala, and as such people have become lax in prevention practices such as net use, closing doors windows early, early seeking of care and treatment...