{The Ministry of Health has revealed that malaria is increasing overtime and has prompted it to embark on various programs against the disease starting from most affected districts including Huye.}
Realizing the severity of rising malaria cases, the cabinet meeting of 11th November 2016 came up with a resolution that citizens from the first and second Ubudehe category will be receiving free Malaria treatment.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Diane Gashumba who was yesterday in Rusatira sector, Huye district to follow up the implementation anti-malaria strategies launched on 16th November 2016 reminded Huye district doctors to take some time to visit citizens in villages to tip them on preventing diseases.
“ We have met to remind you that doctors have to join community health volunteers to visit patients in their villages other than waiting for patients at hospital as a bid to fighting against Malaria, “she said.
Gashumba explained that the program was launched because malaria may increase more in December, January, and February believed to be the apogee for malaria rise.
The rise of malaria within these months is highlighted by the head of malaria department at Rwanda Biomedical Center ( RBC ) Dr Mbituyumuremyi Aimable.
He explained that malaria increases over these periods because of climate change to the extent that from January to December 2016, a total of 97,000 people were diagnosed of the epidemic in Huye district.
“ Malaria rises the most at the beginning of sunny period, It was realized that Huye district was the most affected because statistics indicated that 97,000 people fell sick of Malaria from January to November 2016,”he said.
Nine people died of malaria within one month in Huye district.
Ngoma and Bugesera districts from Eastern Province also recorded most cases of malaria linked to high temperatures.
Information from Ministry of Health indicates that 5,900,000 people fell sick of Malaria in the past four years.
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