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Kabale locals explain low uptake of Covid-19 vaccine

May 12, 2021 A. man getting vaccinated in Kabale “When I take the Covid-19 vaccine, can I still be able to take my alcohol?” a one Laban Suruma asked the visiting ministry of Health officials and local area health workers in Butanda parish, Bufundi sub-county in the western district of Kabale. Suruma was one of the about 30 locals who last week thronged Butanda health centre III to take the Covid-19 AstraZeneca vaccine. Given the approving murmurs from fellow locals when he asked this innocent but genuine question, it was only too clear what their most immediate concern was. The vaccines only reached this hard-to-reach area about two weeks ago despite the fact that the vaccination process has been ongoing for more than eight weeks countrywide. To get to Butanda, it requires one to drive over 65kms, that is more than an hour around several hills from Kabale town.

Covid-19: Kabale s terrain hinders vaccination drive

Covid-19: Kabale’s terrain hinders vaccination drive Monday May 03 2021 A health worker uses an engine boat to transport Covid-19 vaccines to Bwama Health Centre III in Bwama Island on Wednesday. PHOTO/ ROBERT MUHEREZA Summary “We have been using the Primary Health Care (PHC) funds to facilitate the vaccination exercise but it is too little. We need the government to allocate a special fund to support outreach programmes where the targeted population can be vaccinated in their villages,” The assistant district health officer, Mr Oliver Namanya Advertisement As government rolls out the Covid-19 vaccination exercise to health centre IIIs, the Kabale District health department says the rugged terrain hinders the government’s well intended project to combat the spread of Covid-19. 

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