Malaria hardly gives the people of Group Village Head (GVH) Kalupsa in Traditional Authority Chekucheku in Neno a space to breathe.
Neno District Malaria Coordinator Brazilio Mose estimates that nearly 65 percent of the people in his village contract the disease per month.
SHN teacher Fatima Banda training Rozaline and Chifundo on how to use comic books
He discloses that the disease is so prevalent in the district and it has, in some instances, led to the disruption of teaching and learning.
“Teaching becomes impossible when teachers and learners fall sick to malaria at the same time,” narrates Mose.
Thirteen-year-old Rozaline Limula is a Standard Eight learner at Kaponda Full Primary School.