{The Ministry of Health (MINISANTE) has declared to have distributed 2, 680,011 mosquito nets within a year which have been distributed in districts mostly affected by Malaria. A total of 6, 201,501 mosquito nets are needed throughout the country.}
The Ministry says they have distributed mosquito nets in Kamonyi, Gisagara, Huye, Nyanza, Muhanga, Ruhango, Rwamagana, Kayonza, Ngoma, Kirehe, Nyagatare, Gatsibo and Bugesera district but plans to reach other districts and boarding schools to contribute to eradication of the disease.
In a message conveyed on the International Day of Malaria marked today, MINISANTE requested the population to sleep under treated mosquito and avoid diverting their usage to other activities as it was realized for some citizens.
MINISANTE called on citizens to seek medical care as soon as they realize malaria symptoms, embrace hygiene, avoid bushes and stagnant waters that are breeding grounds for malaria transmitting mosquitoes.
The ministry says that households form Nyagatare, Bugesera, Gisagara, and Kirehe receive insecticides to apply on mosquito nets twice a year as a way of preventing malaria in these regions where it is rampant.
Recent statistics of show that Malaria cases were 514,000 in 2012 and raised two million in 2015.
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