January 1, 2021 Village health team (VHT) volunteers demonstrate how to properly hang a mosquito net
Through integrating services, increased advocacy, and messaging for both COVID-19 and malaria, Uganda has managed to avert the projected doubling of deaths due to malaria in 2020.
Malaria is a leading cause of death in Uganda. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) World Malaria report, in 2019 Uganda accounted for three per cent of global malaria deaths. In April, the WHO projected in a modeling analysis double malaria deaths and a 22 per cent increase in infections across sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 due to severe disruptions to insecticide-treated net campaigns and lack of access to antimalarial medicines
East Africa: Rich Countries Roll Out Vaccines for Their People, Poor EA Waits At Back of the Queue
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Rich countries roll out vaccines for their people, poor EA waits at back of the queue
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Who will be allowed to import Covid-19 vaccine?
Friday December 11 2020
A medical staff prepares a doze of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination health centre in Cardiff, South Wales, on Tuesday. PHOTO/AFP
Summary
The CNBC, an American television, stated that the Pfizer Covid-19 jab reportedly goes for $20 per dose (about Shs80,000).
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With increased numbers of coronavirus cases in the community, the hope is now perched on vaccines.
At least three vaccines have shown high efficacy in the latest trials and some have been approved by some countries.
However, the National Drug Authority (NDA) said individuals might not be able to import Covid-19 vaccine into the country.
Uganda orders 9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine amid surging new infections
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