Anita Mago’s Covid-19 Story
My heart was racing because of the urgency to get a store of medications which are always hard to afford and rare to find. It all started like something unreal when I first heard about Covid-19. It was so far away in China and it had killed a lot of people. As we monitored the news, Covid had spread to other parts of the globe and countries had started to lockdown their social lives. My first thoughts and worry were about for my daughter. Not that she was in any of the countries where cases had been reported: she was here in Uganda with me; but she has epilepsy. My heart was racing because of the urgency to get a store of medications which are always hard to afford and rare to find. My daughter was equally worried and this raised her anxiety. Those who are caregivers like me will appreciate what I was going through and for those who have never experienced a near to no supply of life long medication, it would be hard for me to explain. Every single medication was tripled in price and this was very frustrating. I walked from pharmacy to pharmacy and could not [...]