Protect 32,000 School Children from Malaria

A young father arrives on the back of a motor bike with his seven-year-old daughter in arms. Limp and unresponsive, she has been diagnosed with malaria in a northern hospital, but she is too sick for their care. They have transferred her to this referral center with the promise of treatment. The hospital checks her blood and confirms the malaria diagnosis. They also confirm that she will likely die without a blood transfusion, but the hospital is out of blood. She cannot stay at this hospital. They must travel on. The father sobs. There is no money for transport to another hospital. Please do what they can here, or he will have to bring her back home without treatment. Malaria cases surge in northern Uganda. Kitgum hospital which typically sees 1,000 cases a week (a number already too high) is now seeing 5,000. This epidemic is straining the health care system. There aren't enough doctors, nurses to help the patients. There aren't enough beds in the hospital--patients are sleeping on the hospital grounds. Hospitals are running out of blood for patients. They are running out of malaria medication. Families cannot afford the treatment. You can help! We are preparing to distribute 5,000 nets next week in northern Uganda to help stop this epidemic. Every dollar you give helps immensely.