Mosquito nets and Malaria treatment
Facts & figures
Did you know that for as little as £5 you could actually save someone’s life? It sounds amazing but it is true! That small sum of money will buy malaria treatment for one person that could save the life of the sufferer. A report by the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated that ‘In Uganda it is estimated that 353 Ugandans die every day from malaria, mostly children and pregnant women’. Through our contacts in Uganda we know that we can provide treatment for malaria for a child or adult for around £5. Prevention is better than cure and we can also provide treated mosquito nets for £10. The treatment is provided through Kimywanyi Health Centre which is church founded and managed. |
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"We thank God for this donation, and we thank you very much" (W M Katabalwa, Chair person of the Kimwanyi Health Centre) |
"Mozzy" Project video clip |
Donations to help fight malaria |
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Reaching out to othersSince the inception of this project over £8500 has been raised for nets and treatments. The Kimwanyi Health Centre tells us that cases of Malaria in their area have dropped by 40%. Please continue to support this project. The photos above show the second distribution of nets through the Kimwanyi Health Centre. 580 nets were distributed on this occasion which was attended by the Bishop himself. |
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 CHI "Mozzy" ProjectAs part of our focus on "life", we have prepared a project for Schools, Sunday Schools and churches around the theme of the mosquito, malaria and the prevention of this killer illness. Click here for one of our children's leaflets and here for a copy of the leaders' notes. These children's leaflets and the associated leaders' notes complete with one or more posters are available free of charge from Christian Hope International. The small posters have 25 squares (A3 size) and the larger poster has 50 squares (aprox 50 cm x 45cm). Contact us at info@christianhope.org.uk to order your introduction pack today. |
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We are delighted to be able to report that in an email from the Kimwanyi Clinic the nurse in charge Mr Kibuule James tells us ‘Indeed when we assessed the homes which received the mosquito nets there is a great decrease in reporting the Malaria cases. Malaria prevalence has decreased by over 40% in our catchment area. We greatly attribute this decrease to the intervention by CHI. |
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Statistics of Malaria
The statistics of the mortality rate from Malaria are quite staggering. A report from the World Health Organization gave the following estimates for 2006:
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