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500,000 babies exposed to polio and tuberculosis at birth-MOH

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  More than 500,000 babies in Uganda are exposed to polio and tuberculosis. This is because they are not born in hospitals. When children are born, they are supposed to receive polio zero and Bacillus Calmette–Guérin |(BCG) vaccines which protect against tuberculosis at birth. The vaccines …

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Gov’t still probing cases of severe reactions to measles rubella vaccine

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Ministry of Health is still carrying out investigations on reactions following the recent Measles/Rubella immunization campaign. Dr Immaculate Ampaire, the deputy manager of the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization says that investigations are to determine whether the recipients of the vaccine are likely …

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