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Govt suspends polio vaccination in Mubende, Kassanda

Moses Ndhaye | October 26, 2022

Government has suspended the planned roll-out of the polio vaccination campaign in some of the districts affected by the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Health minister Dr.Jane Ruth Aceng says the affected districts are; Kampala City, Mubende, Kassanda, and Wakiso. Speaking at the launch of the national polio vaccination campaign in […]

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Govt secures 12m doses of Polio vaccine

Moses Ndhaye | October 24, 2022

As the country joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Polio Day today, Uganda has secured 12 million doses of the Polio vaccine for children below the age of 5 in a campaign that kicks off on 4th November. Dr. Alfred Driwale, the Program Manager of Uganda National […]

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Global leaders commit to end Polio

Ritah Kemigisa | October 19, 2022

Global leaders have confirmed $2.6 billion in funding to End polio. The commitment has been made at the ongoing World Health Summit in Berlin Germany. The funding will support global efforts to overcome the final hurdles to Polio eradication, vaccinate 370 million children annually over the next five years, and […]

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Polio vaccination campaign kicks off today

Noelyn Nassuuna | January 13, 2022

By Moses Ndhaye The polio immunization campaign is set to be launched today with a target of immunizing about 8 million children below the age of five years. The minister for health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng says immunization exercise will be conducted door-to-door countrywide from January 14th to January […]