Uganda on alert as malaria cases and deaths rise, A resurgence of malaria cases and deaths in Uganda is worrying the medical fraternity amid reported shortage of medicines.

Uganda on alert as malaria cases and deaths rise

According to Jimmy Opigo, the programme manager for malaria control at the Ministry of Health, preliminary findings point to a drop in usage of mosquito nets, mutation of the malaria parasite and increase in drug resistance. Uganda on alert , We are also studying whether Covid-19 could have had some impact,” Dr Opigo said. Some private and public hospitals in high risk districts are reporting an increase in the number of malaria patients seeking treatment in the facilities, health workers said. “Most of the inpatients at our facility are malaria patients although we have many outpatients coming in daily. Uganda on alert , Most of the drugs we have been stocking for the bigger part of this year are malaria drugs,” said Annet Nsole, a lab technician at Kasana Health Centre in Luweero district. According to August data from the Ministry of Health, about 46 districts across the country are currently experiencing a surge in the number of new malaria infections.

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