{"id":52123,"date":"2023-07-06T23:21:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T23:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/we-cant-continue-spending-on-preventable-diseases-says-minister"},"modified":"2023-07-07T00:39:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T00:39:02","slug":"we-cant-continue-spending-on-preventable-diseases-says-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/we-cant-continue-spending-on-preventable-diseases-says-minister","title":{"rendered":"We can\u2019t continue spending on preventable diseases, says minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The state minister for health in charge of general duties Anifa Kawooya has said the country cannot continue spending on preventable diseases yet there are other critical service delivery gaps that need to be addressed.<\/p>\n

Ms Kawooya said this on Wednesday during the advocacy and sensitisation workshop for leaders in the 17 districts of Southwestern and Central Buganda regions in Mbarara City on universal malaria coverage campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine we are going to spend $120 million on this campaign of distribution mosquito nets. If this money was to go for infrastructure development like roads, health it would bring significant impact on service delivery. We need to refocus our energies on prevention to save money to develop other service delivery gaps if we are to have a better country to live in,\u201d Kawooya observed.<\/p>\n

She noted that despite malaria being preventable, it has continued to be a problem in the county- contributing t0 70 per cent of Uganda\u2019s disease burden.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou cannot continue asking us for mosquito nets when malaria is something we can prevent. We are not here just to launch the distribution of mosquito nets but to come out with conclusive strategies, plans and results to eliminate malaria completely,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s against this background that she advised local communities to enact by-laws to arrest and prosecute people who don\u2019t sleep under mosquito nets as well as those who don\u2019t adhere to other malaria prevention strategies like proper sanitation and hygiene.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been distributing mosquito nets but some of these have been misused in catching fish, white ants, fishing and house curtains. We can’t tolerate this. Local authorities should enact by-laws to see if these mosquito nets are not used but also on other prevention strategies like proper sanitation and hygiene,\u201d added Kawooya.<\/p>\n

Buhweju District\u2019s focal person for malaria Wycliff Turyasingura emphasized that the country should focus on health promotion and behavioural change.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrevention is the best approach towards eliminating malaria in the country but what should be our focus now is health promotion and behavioural change if this is to be effective. We already have laws like the public health Act to punish those that might abuse preventive measures we might put in place but let\u2019s first sensitise the local communities , am optimistic they can change,\u201d said Mr Turyasingura.<\/p>\n

Medard Rukaari, the national coordinator of the mosquito net distribution campaign in the ministry of health said the exercise will start on July 9, 2023. The distribution is targeting 46.9 million people in Uganda, including refugees.<\/p>\n

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