As part of BAMM (Blog About Malaria Month)
I will be featuring brief interviews with my coworkers at Stop Malaria Project
(SMP) and Malaria Consortium (MC) in the Soroti office. Photos to come later!
Fred
Akol
A: Where are you from?
F: Soroti District
A: What did you study?
F: Social Sciences for Bachelors’ degree, Public Health for Master’s
degree, and a diploma in Project Planning and Management.
A: Where have you worked
before SMP/MC?
F: AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation) as a project officer
for HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria. Before that, the Landmine Awareness Trust in Soroti.
A: Why did you want to
work for SMP/MC?
F: I saw the activities for fighting malaria which is the main killer
disease for the region and country.
Secondly, it takes me deep in the community.
A: What drew you to work
in public health?
F: I love working with communities and health is a big issue in
communities. People need to be supported
on issues of health and public health. I like the practical work, being active
within communities, and being able to interact with real people.
A: What do you like most
about your job?
F: Exposure to different stakeholders in different offices and being open
to learning on the job.
A: What do you think is
the biggest challenge in malaria eradication?
F: People’s attitudes towards prevention methods.
A: What do you think could
be improved in the malaria eradication campaign?
F: Methods for prevention; promote IRS- it's expensive, but it’s the best.
A: After SMP ends, what
would you like to do?
F: I will still work with public health partners which
are still in health field because I feel I need to do much of the same thing. 
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