“It was low in the first weeks because people were doubting about the vaccine, they thought why is the government introducing the campaign of yellow fever as they had queries like the government wants to give them expired vaccines.” James Odite, nurse, Gemini Medical Center, Kampala
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
KAMPALA, March 12 (Xinhua) 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.
In Uganda in 2011, 90 children out of every 1000 live births died before their fifth birthday. Today, that figure has dropped to 52 – and health leaders say vaccination has been key to the change.