Uganda: Health Ministry Targets Two Million Children in House-to-House Polio Immunization Campaign

18 September 2013

Following an outbreak of polio in neighbouring Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia and the potential risk facing Uganda, the Health ministry is to conduct a three-day 'house-to-house' Polio immunization campaign in 36 districts in Uganda.

The inoculation campaign is scheduled to run from Sept. 21--23, targeting 2,178,093 children below the age of five in the high risk selected districts, majority of which are along the Uganda border with Kenya and Somalia.

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