The advent of Covid-19 had dimmed light on the Malaria disease which remains a leading cause of illness and death in Uganda.
Over 43 million of the country’s population was at risk of Malaria sickness until the Ministry of Health jumped in to tame the disease while slowing down infections and death.
The free mosquito nets campaign has provided opportunities for Ugandans to stop the spread of malaria by utilizing already existing means by the government in the fight to bring Malaria infections to zero.
The distribution is on-going in all districts of the country, in an exercise that will climax at the end of the year.
Under the free mosquito net distribution, the ministry targets to have all citizens sleep under a mosquito net every night to prevent malaria.
Malaria kills between 70,000 to 100,000 people in the country annually, mostly pregnant mothers and children, according to the ministry of health figures.
The country has made notable progress in the fight against malaria, with the disease prevalence rate dropping from 19 percent to 9 percent, according to the 2018/19 Malaria Indicator Survey.
The progress has been attributed to the continuous distribution of mosquito nets, case management, and indoor residue spraying.
