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Govt names team to advise on Covid-19 vaccine access
Tuesday February 16 2021
From top to bottom: Prof Nelson Sewankambo, Prof Pontiano Kaleebu, Prof William Bazeyo, Dr Rhoda Wanyenze, Adonia Ayebare, Oscar Kihika and Prof David Sserwadda, chairperson (Main picture). PHOTO/NMG.
Summary
The team will engage a wide range of stakeholders and partners, including collaboration with non-state actors, and others to support on deployment of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Government said early last month that it was exploring several options of the available vaccines with $405m (Shs1.5 trillion) as the working budget for the vaccines.
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Government has constituted a 10-member committee to advise and support the national taskforce on Covid-19 on deployment and access of Covid-19 vaccine.