a 10-day door-to-door polio vaccination drive in districts
that recorded cases of Ebola virus disease in the latest outbreak.
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The exercise which will be going on until
January 30, will be conducted in Kassanda, Mubende, Mukono, Kampala and Wakiso
Districts. It will target children below five years of age, according to a
statement released by the ministry.
These districts missed out on the vaccination
campaign that took place in November because of the outbreak.
The children will now be receiving a second
dose of the oral polio vaccine having got the first dose in January 2022.
However, the drive will take place between February 17 and 19, in Kampala.
Dr Daniel Kyabayinze, the Director of Public Health in the Ministry of
Health says that even though Uganda is not under serious threat of polio, the
disease is still circulating in other countries which makes it important for
the children to be protected both through routine immunization and campaign
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