NORTHERN PROVINCE

MUSANZE — The Imbuto Foundation on Tuesday donated 2,000 mosquito nets to people living with HIV/Aids in the district.

Before handing over the nets, the vice mayor of social affairs Pascal Butunge warned the beneficiaries, who are grouped into 50 different cooperatives, against selling the items. It was established that some residents who had earlier received the nets sold them to fishermen, while some refused to use them.

He asked the group to grow vegetable gardens to improve on feeding; in order to contain the effects of antiretroviral drugs.

The chairperson of the associations of people living with HIV in the district, Bernadette Uwisanze, said one of the biggest health challenges to people with HIV has been malaria.

He urged the group to maintain cleanness in and around their homes to guarantee mosquito-free environment.

Over 50 cooperatives of people living with the virus are said to be engaged in income generating activities such as making soap, tailoring and livestock activities such as rearing goats, piggery and cattle.

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