Finally, one million doses of the vaccine have arrived to the country. The plan is to start vaccinating on January 22 in the five districts where the outbreak is particularly prevalent Abim, Agago, Pader, Kitgum and Lamwo.
Here is an interesting quote from the Ugandan Minister of health on the virulence of the disease: “Half of the patients, who enter the toxic stage where blood appears in the vomit and faeces, die of kidney failure within 10 to 14 days. That is why vaccination is the most important preventive measure against it."
I was curious as to why the vaccine was so hard to get ahold of, so I found another article about why the vaccine was so scarce in Uganda (http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1082758/-/cje2ndz/-/). The article states that the medicine is scare and cameroon is also battle Yellow Fever. Unfortunately, though, that is all it said.
-Lauren Platt
Sources:
http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/743688
http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1089488/-/cj99ovz/-/
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