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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) has started immunizing children aged nine months against yellow. This brings the total number of diseases being immunized under the routine immunization programme to fourteen. While this had earlier stalled having first planned to start in October 2022 during the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) has blamed the delay in payment of Village Health Teams (VHTs) and other workers who conducted the door-to-door polio immunization exercise in October on the failure of local governments to juggle digital payments. VHTs were entitled to payment of 60,000 …

Namisindwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Village Health Teams (VHTs) in Namisindwa district are up in arms over non payment of their allowances for the polio and measles-rubella immunization exercise. According to the VHTs, they supported the two vaccination campaigns in October 2022 and they were entitled to Shillings 60,000 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) is conducting a 10-day door-to-door vaccination drive in districts that recorded cases of Ebola virus disease in the latest outbreak. The exercise which will be going on until January 30, will be conducted in Kassanda, Mubende, Mukono, Kampala and Wakiso …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moroto health officials have embarked on community engagements to mobilise and educate mothers about the importance of vaccinating their children against diseases. According to statistics obtained from Moroto district health department, between 60 to 70 percent of children aged between 0 to five years old …

Windhoek, Namibia | Xinhua | Namibia has approved the procurement and introduction of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the country’s expanded program on immunization for the prevention of cervical cancer, cabinet decisions issued Thursday show. In a statement, the Namibian cabinet initially approved vaccinating 10 percent, about 40,000 girls …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu District Health Department has immunized 19,300 children below the age of five years against measles-rubella. The six days immunization drive was conducted in primary and nursery schools, and health facilities in the 11 sub-counties of the district. Dr. Kenneth Cana, the Gulu District Health …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health will next month conduct a second polio immunization campaign across the country targeting an estimated 8 million children below five years of age. The first national immunization campaign, carried out in January was recommended by the Ministry after a polio variant …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health will this month start offering yellow fever vaccines to children aged nine to twelve months, following the vaccine’s inclusion into the routine immunization schedule. Dr. Fred Nsubuga, a senior medical officer working with Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization (UNEPI) in …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A month-long mass immunization campaign against measles has started in Lamwo district following an outbreak reported last month. Measles is an acute, highly infectious, vaccine-preventable viral disease that can be transmitted through the air or through direct contact with an infected person. It presents symptoms of …