Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lamwo district health teams have heightened sensitization campaigns within communities in the district following an increase in cases of measles. At least 26 people have tested positive to the highly contagious infection since its outbreak early this month. The first five confirmed cases of measles …
Read More »More funding needed to control measles epidemic in DRC- WHO
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation-WHO has asked global health partners to contribute funds towards the control of measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The call for more funding follows the declaration of a measles outbreak in the country. According to WHO, since the outbreak …
Read More »Health Ministry to prioritize funding to tackle disease outbreaks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health will in 2020 prioritize raising funds to address disease outbreaks. Last year, a number of disease outbreaks were reported in the country. These include cases of measles and rubella, cholera, malaria and three confirmed cases of Ebola. Dr Jane …
Read More »Gov’t still probing cases of severe reactions to measles rubella vaccine
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is still carrying out investigations on reactions following the recent Measles/Rubella immunization campaign. Dr Immaculate Ampaire, the deputy manager of the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization says that investigations are to determine whether the recipients of the vaccine are likely …
Read More »Measles killed more than 140,000 amid stagnating vaccine rates
Washington, United States | AFP | More than 140,000 people died from measles worldwide in 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) and US authorities said Thursday, the result of global vaccination rates that have stagnated for almost a decade. Poorer countries were hardest hit, with the vast majority of measles cases …
Read More »MINISTER ACENG: Vaccines are safe, no fatalities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng has come out to reassure the nation that social media stories that there have been fatalities during the National Measles-Rubella and Polio Immunization campaign, are false. “The MR vaccine is safe and effective and does not have any fatal …
Read More »HEALTH: Measles and rubella
One disease or two? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has conducted a mass measles-rubella and polio vaccination campaign between Oct.16-22. Initially planned to be a five-day mass immunisation campaign but extended to seven days in selected areas, it used up to 20 million doses on the Measles-Rubella (MR) …
Read More »Ministry of health surpasses measles-rubella immunization target
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More children were vaccinated in the concluded Measles-Rubella mass immunization campaign. While the ministry had planned to vaccinate 18 million children,the number surpassed to 20 million. The mismatch between the planned and actual number of children vaccinated has led to a disagreement between the ministry …
Read More »Gov’t to sanction schools for sabotaging measles-rubella
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education Ministry has said that it’s planning to deal with all teachers who sabotages the just concluded immunization campaign against, Measles, Rubella and Polio. The campaign that began on October 16, was supposed to give learners aged 15 and below a booster dose of …
Read More »Kalangala measles – rubella immunization team survives motorboat accident
Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Measles – Rubella immunization team in Kalangala on Friday evening survived drowning after their boat collided with another canoe boat on Lake Victoria. The team has been traversing the Islands in Mazinga sub county. An eye witness Gerald Kalyango in a telephone interview …
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