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Low Return Rate Recorded for Multi-Dose Routine Vaccination

04 Oct 2023 · Speaking to journalists during a media update about the October Child Health Days on Wednesday, Dr Rita Atugonza, the Deputy Manager at the Uganda Expanded Programme on Immunisation (UNEPI), said the country has set a target of achieving at least 95% coverage of all childhood vaccines but they’re still trailing because parents don’t take their children back.

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Speaking to journalists during a media update about the October Child Health Days on Wednesday, Dr Rita Atugonza, the Deputy Manager at the Uganda Expanded Programme on Immunisation (UNEPI), said the country has set a target of achieving at least 95% coverage of all childhood vaccines but they’re still trailing because parents don’t take their children back.
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Dr. Orwotho expects that every day, all specialists will see an average of five patients, totaling 60 to 70 patients daily. He revealed that they have received a high number of patients in orthopedic surgery, Ear, Nose, and Throat surgery, mainly in children who have difficulty breathing and airway blockages, and Gastrointestinal tract surgery.
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Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Dr Charles Olaro, the Director Curative Services in the Health revealed that despite awareness efforts about the availability of such services that help women battling complications post abortion, many still end up in the medical ward even when they turn up to hospitals because they provide wrong information to health workers.
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Speaking during a press conference, the hospital Executive Director Dr Rosemary Byanyima said the camp which is an independence anniversary gift to Uganda will not attend to simple surgeries such as hernias but complicated procedures in the area of neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgeries and surgeries to solve gastro-intestinal complications among others for both adults and children.
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