Assimwe Gloria Mercy was admitted onto our in-patient ward at Charis-IMC.
She is two and really sick with a temperature of 39.5 degrees and very unhappy. She has 4+ malaria and will be treated with i/v quinine.
She will get better but we need to develop a programme to try and prevent these admissions.
Malaria is a big health issue in Lira; it clearly causes distressing illness but also has a financial impact on families who can least afford it and leads to absenteeism from work and school. The impact of Malaria in young children lasts for years as it significantly affects their growth and general well-being; the time off school in these early years is hard to make up.
Charis-IMC is seeking ways to best reach the needy communities in and around Lira to implement Preventive, Promotive and Curative programmes to help improve the heath and well-being of those that are currently unable to get such help in any other way.
