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Few people turn up for cholera vaccination in Namayingo

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Namayingo district registered a low turn up during the just concluded cholera vaccination exercise within the selected risk areas. The government last week rolled out the cholera vaccination exercise in several cholera hotspots among them Busia and Namayingo. The district which has recurring outbreaks …

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Cholera vaccination exercise postponed

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) has suspended the cholera vaccination drive initially scheduled to start in June. Dr Godfrey Bwire, who heads the Diarrheal Diseases Division at the Ministry attributed the suspension to the disruptions caused by the ongoing lockdown that was instituted to …

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Ministry of Health planning cholera vaccination drive

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is scaling up vaccination drives against cholera in districts that are likely to be affected. Dr Henry Mwebesa, the Director-General of Health Services says that effective next month, they will be carrying out vaccination in six districts of Kasese, Moyo, …

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Health Ministry to conduct second cholera vaccination

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is planning to carry out the second phase of vaccination against Cholera. The areas being targeted during the second phase are Nebbi, Pakwach, Zombo and Bududa. This comes following the first phase of immunization that took place in April 2019. …

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