Uganda has rolled out a nationwide yellow fever vaccination campaign to help safeguard its population against the mosquito-borne disease that has long posed a threat. Uganda will now require everyone traveling to and from the country to have a yellow fever vaccination card as an international health regulation.
A man receives a shot of yellow fever vaccine at Kiswa Health Center III in Kampala , Uganda Tuesday, April. 2, 2024. Uganda has rolled out a nationwide yellow fever vaccination campaign to help safeguard its population against the mosquito-borne disease that has long posed a threat. Uganda ns queue to receive yellow fever vaccine at Kiswa Health Center III in Kampala , Uganda Tuesday, April 2, 2024.
Ugandan authorities hope the requirement will compel more people to get the yellow fever shot amid a general atmosphere of vaccine hesitancy that worries healthcare providers in the East African nation. Uganda, with 45 million people, is one of 27 countries on the African continent classified as at high risk for yellow fever outbreaks. According to the World Health Organization, there are about 200,000 cases and 30,000 deaths globally each year from the disease.HPV vaccines prevent cancer in men as well as women, new research suggestsYellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes. The majority of infections are asymptomatic.
In Uganda, most people get the yellow fever shot when they are traveling to countries such as South Africa that demand proof of vaccination on arrival.
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