Tag Archives: immunization

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government of Japan has donated $1.5 million, approximately 5.7 Billion Shillings to the United Nations Children’s Agency-UNICEF, to support the government improve the tracking of under-immunized and un immunized children at the community level. According to Catherine Ntabadde, the spokesperson of UNICEF, the money …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation-WHO has applauded Uganda for maintaining the numbers in the routine vaccination exercise despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected vaccination in many countries. This follows the findings of a new report that shows that while 25 million children globally missed out on …

Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | Africa is witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases over the past year as routine immunization services have been impaired in the continent, warned the World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday. Inequalities in accessing vaccines, and disruptions by the COVID-19 pandemic impaired routine immunization services in …

United Nations | Xinhua | Measles cases spiked around the world in the first two months of 2022, triggering worries about even larger outbreaks, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Wednesday. Almost 17,338 measles cases were reported worldwide in January and February 2022, compared with …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Total eradication of polio in sub-Saharan Africa will be within reach if governments and multilateral lenders intensify routine immunization targeting children in the continent’s high-risk outposts, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Friday. Modjirom Ndoutabe, coordinator of polio eradication program at the WHO Regional …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luwero district health officials are facing a challenge to reach children of cult members that are against any form of immunization. On Friday, Luwero district embarked on the door-to-door immunization campaign against polio among children aged five years and below. The district targets to immunize …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is introducing yellow fever vaccination on its routine immunization schedule. This will bring the number of immunizable diseases under this program from thirteen to fourteen. Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng said they are finalizing plans to start dispensing the jab …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | No new countries have achieved measles elimination target, just a month to the end of the year. This is according to the World Health Organization-WHO. By the end of 2020, 81 countries had succeeded in sustaining their measles elimination status despite the pandemic. WHO reports …

Kaberamaido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 3,015 children below two years of age have missed out on the routine immunization in Kaberamaido district because of the failure of their parents to trek long distances to the immunization centers. The children missed out on the first and third doses of Diphtheria, …