Uganda, Feb. 12 -- Pakwach residents on Sunday took to the streets to jubilate as they received a new Shs600 million liver care health centre.

The health centre is expected to provide services that would also scale down the high rate of bilharzia pounding the communities.

The Digestive Liver Disease Center (DILD) is a privately owned health facility that specializes in the treatment of bilharzia because it is one of the silent killer diseases.

According to the statistics from the district health department, at least 5-6 cases of bilharzia are reported daily at Pakwach Health Centre IV. This, the health team says is high because of the consumption of unclean and unsafe water from the River Nile, and poor hygiene

One of the residents of...