Proper sanitation, hygiene, clean and safe water as strategic complements to vaccination against polio.

By: Bahikire Daraus While Uganda and the African continent were celebrating the eradication of polio as declared by WHO’s Independent Africa Regional Certification Commission for Polio Eradication, another variant of the polio virus that occurs in under immunized communities with poor sanitation is spreading across parts of Asia and Africa. 31 African countries including Uganda

Vaccination of children as a parental responsibility 

According to the Global Health Consortium, (2012), vaccine-preventable diseases are responsible for nearly 20% of the 8.8 million deaths per year among children. As of 2012, Uganda had one of the largest populations of unimmunized children in Eastern and Southern Africa. Out of the 19 countries in the region, Uganda came in at 18 (second

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