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Dr Tabley Bakyayita Basajjatebadiba – Asst. Commissioner Health Promotion and Education together with Dr Henry Luze of the Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization (UNEPI) briefed the press on Wednesday on their readiness for the House to House programme.
“We dont have polio. However, Uganda‘s last case suspected to have come from Kenya was in 2010 and we are doing everything possible to prevent re-introduction following the new factors in the country,” said Dr Luze, referring to the huge influx of refugees in the last 6 months.
Dr Luze revealed they had got sufficient funding for the campaign that will target 5.7million people in the 73 districts.
The House to House campaign has got an operation fund of 7.3 billion shillings, with sh488 going to social mobilisation.
Ministry of Health’s Dr Basajjatebadiba said they are ready for the house to house campaign, and called on parents not to look for health workers, but stay home and they will find them in the targeted areas on September 9, 10 and 11.
He said all children below 5 years in the identified districts will be vaccinated against polio during the polio H2H immunisation campaign. “Health workers will come to your home or place of work to vaccinate your children.”
“The polio vaccine is the safest, and we giving just two drops in the mouth so there should not be any reason for concern by parents,” Dr Basajjatebadiba stated.
He also reminded Ugandans that the Immunisation Act 2017 came into law two months back. It outlines penalties for parents who fail to have their children immunised.
Dr Basajjatebadiba stressed that all children should be taken for immunization five times before their first birthday to complete their required dose.
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