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Twelve countries across different regions in Africa are set to receive 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine over the next two years.
‘The Big Catch-up’ is an extended effort to lift vaccination levels among children to at least pre-pandemic levels and endeavours to exceed those.
Gavi launches new learning initiative to address the final barriers to immunisation equity
Reaching the millions of “zero-dose” children who have yet to receive a single vaccine represents one of the final – and most complex – barriers to overcome in the push for global immunisation equity
Uganda’s door-to-door polio campaign targets unimmunised children
Uganda is working hard to ensure that all the gains made in the fight against polio aren’t lost to the pandemic.
Uganda: Taking vaccines to the people
The country is on a major vaccination drive to ensure that people are protected and the economy can recover.
COVAX vaccines lead drive to reopen Uganda’s schools
The Ugandan government is on a drive to vaccinate teachers to ensure the reopening of schools across the country.
UK-donated COVID-19 vaccine doses reach African countries
The first AstraZeneca doses donated to COVAX by the United Kingdom (UK) will soon arrive in Angola, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda, with Zambia and DRC set to be the first to receive these UK-donated vaccines…
Refugees included in Uganda’s COVID-19 vaccine drive
Uganda is setting an example by including its estimated 1.4 million refugees in its COVID-19 vaccine programme, however there are still barriers to overcome.
“I will definitely take the vaccine”: High demand for COVID-19 vaccines in Uganda
While there was some initial reluctance to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Eastern Uganda, attitudes are changing fast.
Name | Source | Date |
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Total population | United Nations, World Population Prospects (UN WPP), July 2024 release. | 2024-07-11 |
Birth cohort (Total number of live births) | United Nations, World Population Prospects (UN WPP), July 2024 release. | 2024-07-11 |
Surviving infants (# of children surviving to 1 year) | United Nations, World Population Prospects (UN WPP), July 2024 release. | 2024-07-11 |
Infant mortality rate (deaths < 1 year per 1000 births) | UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), March 2024 release. | 2024-04-15 |
Child mortality rate (deaths < 5 years per 1000 births) | UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), March 2024 release. | 2024-04-15 |
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) | World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files, July 2024 release. | 2024-07-01 |
Number of zero-dose children | WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC), July 2024 release; figures calculated using number of surviving infants from UN World Population Prospects (UN WPP) | 2024-07-15 |
% reduction in number of zero-dose children, 2019-2023 | WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC), July 2024 release; figures calculated using number of surviving infants from UN World Population Prospects (UN WPP) | 2024-07-15 |
DTP1/DTP3/MCV1 coverage (%) | WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC), July 2024 release. | 2024-07-15 |
Drop out from DTP1 to DTP3 | WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC), July 2024 release | 2024-07-15 |
Drop out from DTP1 to last routine dose of MCV | WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC), July 2024 release. | 2024-07-15 |
Geographic equity of DTP3 coverage: DTP3 coverage in the 20% of districts with lowest coverage | WHO/UNICEF Joint Reporting Form (JRF), July 2024 release. | 2024-07-05 |