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Leaders in Kabarole district are concerned that families are shunning malaria treatment due to superstitions.

While addressing a meeting attended by Ministry of Health officials in Kampala, Rev. Ezra Busobozi, the Executive Director Kitojo Integrated Development Action (KIDA), an NGO that runs a hospital in Ruteete sub county, Kabarole district said the community is confusing symptoms of malaria among babies with other complications known as ‘Ebiino’ and ‘Ebyomunda’ that are widely believed to be treated exclusively by herbalists.

Busobozi says that as a result, children are brought to hospital very late when malaria has progressed into severe disease, making it difficult for health workers to save them.

He said at the hospital now, the biggest number of deaths recorded in children are due to malaria.

Tooro Kingdom Minister of Health Dr. Tito Beyeza, says they are aware of these dangerous beliefs and called for increased awareness.

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