Uganda faces funding disaster as international donors for Malaria withdraw support

International donors have extensively cut funding for malaria projects in the nation over universal disasters, including disputes and climate change, Uganda’s Ministry of Health announced on Friday, March 29, 2024.

At a news conference held in Kampala, the Head of the National Malaria Control Division at the ministry, Jimmy Opigo said the withdrawal of external funding would have harmful impacts on malaria control and treatment expenses in the East African country.

“The cost of malaria control in public health has been 95 per cent donor dependent.

“The funding has been allocated to mosquito nets for prevention, residual indoor spraying, test kits for malaria, and first and second-line malaria treatment.
“And this treatment is in both the private and public sectors, which the donors have been subsidizing,” Mr. Opigo stated.