Dadamu Sub-County Malaria Control Initiative

One-year-old Amaniyo had suffered three days of high fever and loss of appetite. Her mother had only given half a tablet of paracetamol because the health facility was too far and a boda boda ride cost 5,000 UGX—an impossible expense.

The IHDI outreach team tested Amaniyo using mRDT, confirmed acute malaria, and provided full Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) at no charge. The nurse counseled the mother in the local dialect:

Regina, a 35-year-old expectant mother (Gravida 4 Para 3), was visiting relatives in Dadamu when the outreach clinic was set up. Having suffered life-threatening malaria in a previous pregnancy that required emergency hospital admission, she understood the stakes for her unborn child.

The clinical team performed diagnostic screening and provided preventative antimalaria prophylaxis right at the outreach post, eliminating the 10,000 UGX transport cost required to reach Oli Health Center IV in Arua City.

During the March 2026 outreach, 25 community members were screened using mRDTs in Tanganyika Village, and zero (0) tested positive. This is a dramatic drop from the 25% positivity rate documented in 2024.

Village leadership attributed this zero-transmission breakthrough to active adherence to the President's Mass Action Against Malaria: clearing overgrown bushes, destroying mosquito breeding pools, applying herbal repellents, and sleeping under treated nets every night.