Establishing Medical Centre in Wildlife Parks: A Case of Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda

For years, Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda experiences a variety of infectious diseases affecting both the humans and wildlife due to its tropical weather, wetlands and rich biodiversity. The significant diseases to be addressed are malaria spread by the breeding of the mosquitoes around the water bodies, sleeping sickness cause by tsetse fly vector spreading Trypanosoma, zoonotic disease-causing brucellosis leading to health risks among the wildlife and human in the park. In addition, the park region experiences fever that arises from unbearable illnesses such as typhoid fever, non-typhoidal, salmonellosis and influenza triggering body weaknesses, headaches, digestive and respiratory upsets associated with acute bacterial infections among the households adjacent to the park (Aruho, 2021). The study proposes the need for Medical Center in the park in case of any emergency like injuries and contagious diseases in the park (Aruho, 2021).