Covid-19: Kabale’s terrain hinders vaccination drive
Monday May 03 2021
A health worker uses an engine boat to transport Covid-19 vaccines to Bwama Health Centre III in Bwama Island on Wednesday. PHOTO/ ROBERT MUHEREZA
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“We have been using the Primary Health Care (PHC) funds to facilitate the vaccination exercise but it is too little. We need the government to allocate a special fund to support outreach programmes where the targeted population can be vaccinated in their villages,” The assistant district health officer, Mr Oliver Namanya
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As government rolls out the Covid-19 vaccination exercise to health centre IIIs, the Kabale District health department says the rugged terrain hinders the government’s well intended project to combat the spread of Covid-19.