Ugandan Government to Prosecute Parents Who Fail to Immunize Children
Dr. Moriku Joyce Kaducu, Ugandan Minister of State for Primary Health Care has said that government will introduce a fresh nationwide immunization exercise to avail people who missed out due to challenges informed by COVID-19 pandemic an opportunity to get immunized.
The immunization exercise which will be done under the Integrated Child Health Days (ICHD) will be aimed at, among others, build on the resolve of the government to minimize preventable morbidity, mortality and disability due to diarrhea, pneumonia, measles and others.
According to Dr Kaducu, government targets to vaccinate over 17 million children that missed out due to lockdown restrictions.
Kaducu said, “The Integrated Child Health Activities October 2020 follows two disruptions in October 2019 due to Measles-Rubel...