Uganda, March 12 -- The Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, has said development partners have asked Uganda and other countries with high malaria burden to take charge of the fight through increased domestic funding.

"Recently, 11 countries with high malaria burden were invited to Cameroon for a meeting and I was part of it. During that conference, reality set in, partner after partner came to speak and they said 'The world has moved on. The world has moved on to climate change, to global health security, wars in various areas and for you, you're still on malaria? We have moved on, so you need to look for your own domestic resources and end your malaria," she said.

Dr Aceng narrated this to government officials and health experts on Tu...