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Uganda tackles yellow fever with new travel requirement, vaccination campaign

A man receives a shot of yellow fever vaccine at Kiswa Health Center III in Kampala, Uganda, April. 2, 2024. [AP Photo]

Uganda has rolled out a nationwide yellow fever vaccination campaign to help safeguard its population against the mosquito-borne disease that has long posed a threat.

By the end of April, Ugandan authorities had vaccinated 12.2 million of the 14 million people targeted, said Dr. Michael Baganizi, an official in charge of immunization at the health ministry.

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