The Ministry of Health handed over 70,000 Long Last Insecticide Treated mosquito nets to the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF) as one of the efforts to prevent and control Malaria.
The nets were later distributed in the greater Luweero region as part of the activities to mark the 39th Tarehe Sita Anniversary celebrations that will take place in Nakaseke on February 6th 2020.
Handing over the nets to the UPDF Commander of the Armed Forces in Kampala on January 28, the Permanent Ministry of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Diana Atwine, said the donation were part of the routine nets being distributed through the Immunization and Antenatal clinics throughout the country.
Dr Atwine urged the UPDF to distribute the nets through the right channels to ensure that the beneficiary communities effectively use them.
