MPs want 10% health ministry's budget allocated malaria fight
Aug 18, 2023
Peter Mbabazi from the Ministry of Health expressed the need for each citizen to join the struggle against malaria by ensuring that they live in a safe environment.
MPs on the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Malaria.
Edith Namayanja
Journalist @New Vision
As Uganda awaits to join the rest of the world to commemorate World Mosquito Day, MPs on the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Malaria want the health ministry to allocate 10% of its budget to the malaria fight.
The chairperson of the forum, Timothy Batua, who doubles as the Jinja West MP, said while speaking ahead of World Mosquito Day on August 20th that at least 52 people die of malaria every day in Uganda, and the country loses over 50,000 people; hence the need for urgent attention to arrest the situation.
Peter Mbabazi from the Ministry of Health expressed the need for each citizen to join the struggle against malaria by ensuring that they live in a safe environment.
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