Uganda, May 9 -- The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has warned donors to stop profiteering from the existence of malaria in Uganda.

Without mentioning specific doners, Dr Aceng urged the donors to consider malaria a disease that kills people and support countries like Uganda that are still grappling with elimination of the disease.

"There are people who are making money with malaria in Uganda. They (donors) look at it from a different perspective and think that they are helping when they develop new drugs and chemicals. Profiteering from a disease that's killing people is not the way to go. Have a mindset change and understand that malaria is killing people," Dr Aceng said.

She made these remarks on May 7 during a closed door m...