Vaccination and supportive care stave off deaths in Ugandan measles outbreak
With a sizeable cohort of unimmunised children built up over years, the measles epidemic is expected to grow among communities lining the lakeshore in Hoima district.
Dicta Asiimwe
Dicta Asiimwe is a freelance journalist based in Uganda, whose byline has appeared in several publications including The Independent Magazine, The EastAfrican Newspaper and Daily Monitor, where she briefly edited the weekend magazines. She has won awards for her work reporting on infrastructure, politics, education, health and disaster risk reduction.
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