Uganda is set to immunize more than 17 million people, including adults and children, against yellow fever, a senior Ministry of Health official announced on Tuesday.break]<br><br><br>\r\nMichael Baganizi, the program manager of the Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization, said that the vaccination campaign, scheduled to begin early April, will cover 53 districts.<br><br>\r\nThe mass vaccination exercise will be conducted in phases, with a previous phase held in October last year targeting children below one year. \"Now, the target group is above one year and adults below 59 years of age,\" Baganizi explained.<br><br>\r\nHe urged Ugandans to participate in large numbers for the free and safe vaccination.<br><br>\r\nYellow fever is a viral disease transmitted through the bites of infected mosquitoes. It presents with s