Awareness raising activities increase community engagement in malaria prevention

In Uganda – where the malaria burden is among the highest in the world – raising public awareness of the disease is helping to contribute to the prevention and treatment of malaria in communities...

USAID’s Malaria Action Program for Districts is working in Uganda to improve malaria prevention in communities by improving knowledge, attitudes and behaviors towards malaria.

On World Malaria Day on 25 April 2017, the project, together with the Uganda Ministry of Health (National Malaria Control Programme) took the opportunity to raise awareness about malaria prevention, testing and treatment. Read more about the activities undertaken.

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Country: Uganda

Keywords: Community delivery | SBC | Child and maternal health | Malaria | Diagnosis | Elimination | Malaria in pregnancy | Chemoprevention | Treatment

Diseases: Malaria