Child health clinics are conducted every week at our rural health centers while community-nursing aides in the villages provide advice and primary care to the rural population. Breeding sites for the anopheles mosquito vector are common throughout the district. Vivax is typically seen, with falciparum a rare but dangerous intruder. Control of the insect vector is our main defence, along with active and passive case detection and closely monitored treatment of cases to maintain compliance and reduce the risk of resistance. HIV and AIDS represent an extremely serious challenge to our health services.
Heterosexual transmission represents by far the commonest infection route.
The rate of infection is high. Much of our efforts is geared towards the promotion of personal responsibility for one's own safety, while attempting to introduce programs to interrupt peri-natal transmission. Vaccination Vaccine preventable diseases are well controlled by our expanded program of immunization administered by our maternal and child health care program.