Ministry in cholera vaccination drive Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is set to roll out an oral cholera vaccination in the disease districts of Hoima, Buliisa, Pakwach, Nebbi, Kasese, Ntoroko, Zombo, Moyo, Busia, Namayingo and Arua. The exercise that is to be conducted in a phased manner …
Read More »Parliament suspends Hepatitis B vaccination in private Clinics and Hospitals
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Parliamentary health committee has directed an immediate stop in Hepatitis B vaccination by private health facilities. This after it emerged that there were fake Hepatitis B vaccines on the market with the National Drug Authority (NDA) impounding the counterfeit vaccines from hospitals in Kampala and …
Read More »Uganda’s house to house polio campaign targets 5.7 million children
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 5.7million children under the age of five are expected to be immunized in a three-day house-to-house polio preventive vaccination campaign in 73 high risk districts of Uganda. According to a Ministry of Health statement, the objective of the September 9-11 campaign is to vaccinate all children …
Read More »Measles outbreak confirmed in Kampala and Wakiso
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Ministry of Health has confirmed there is an active outbreak of Measles in Kampala and Wakiso Districts. All the five divisions of Kampala, as well as several suburbs in Wakiso District are affected. According to a statement released Tuesday, the Ministry of Health surveillance …
Read More »What vaccines does your child really need?
With new vaccines coming at increasing prices, parents are facing tough choices The numbers of children receiving vaccinations in Uganda is up and the government’s recent move to pass a law criminalising anti-immunisation sentiments appears to be partly behind the surge. The increasing popularity of vaccination has experts like Dr. …
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