The Ministry of Health is conducting a 10-day door-to-door vaccination drive in districts that recorded cases of Ebola virus disease in the latest outbreak.
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 last evening.
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 mode one-offs like these. END.
