Uganda Malaria Facts

1. Malaria is endemic in Uganda
2. Of all hospital patients under 5 years of age, 42% die of Malaria
3. Of those over 5 years, 25% die of the disease

   WHAT KARUDEC IS DOING ABOUT MALARIA Eradicating mosquito breeding areas Use of sleeping nets treated with insecticide. Training community health workers to treat acute malaria using kits partially funded by local councils Developing disease prevention awareness

4. Only 10% of children under 5 years with acute Malaria receive appropriate treatment within 24 hours
5. Approximately 62% of pregnant women carry the disease
6. Complications in pregnant women include anemia, abortions, stillbirths, premature delivery, low birth weight infants and death
7. Resistance to common anti-malarial drugs is 30% and rising
8. As much as 25% of a household’s monthly income can be spent on treating malaria
9. Because of loss of work and school time, and the cost of treatment, malaria enhances poverty