Kampala Key, Vulnerable and Priority Populations (KVP) News

This is part of the The Most At Risk Populations' Society in Uganda (MARPS in Uganda) UN Observances' Advocacy Work. This time it is about the World Malaria Day! The world's poorest and most marginalised people are hardest hit by malaria, and they are also likely to be the most affected by #COVID19 #HealthHeroines #HealthHeroes. This #WorldMalariaDay we are reminded of the importance of building secure health systems to defend against disease. 🏥 #HealthForAll #Unite #HealthHeroines #HealthHeroes. We are in the middle of a global health crisis. Now more than ever, it's time to call on governments to ensure we have strong health systems in place to protect against existing diseases like malaria and emerging ones like #COVID19, and secure #HealthForAll. 🏥 🩺 #WorldMalariaDay #endmalaria #Unite #HealthHeroines #HealthHeroes. This #WorldMalariaDay, we urge leaders to sustain and increase their investments to #endmalaria which prevent almost 100m cases and...

At MARPS in Uganda we say that the insecticide treated mosquito net is a necessary tool is because it saves pregnant mothers and children under five, from mosquito bites. The mosquito net makes it easier for breast-feeding mothers to secure their babies' health under an insecticide treated mosquito net while they work. Always use an insecticide treated mosquito net to avoid mosquito bites. That mosquito which causes malaria can be stopped when we all make up our minds to do something. Sleep under an insecticide treated mosquito-net! The world's poorest and most marginalised people are hardest hit by malaria, and they are also likely to be the most affected by #COVID19. This #WorldMalariaDay we are reminded of the importance of building secure health systems to defend against disease.  🏥  #HealthForAll We are in the middle of a global health crisis. Now more than ever, it's time to call on governments to ensure we have strong health systems in plac...