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The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, revealed that vaccination against the Ebola virus had begun and that it is being administered in high-risk districts as of Wednesday, November 8 (FILE PHOTO)
Ntoroko – Uganda has for the first time imitated a vaccination campaign against Ebola haemorrhagic fever (FHE) as a preventive measure against the disease that ravaged its neighbors for several months, the DR Congo.
The Ministry of Health, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday in Ntoroko District, has begun vaccinating front-line health workers against Ebola.
The exercise began Monday with a two-day conversion of health workers, who would play a leading role in the Ebola vaccination.
Emmanuel Ainebyoona, public relations officer at the ministry, said the vaccination campaign was aimed at strengthening the immunity of front-line workers.
Among the five disease prone regions is Ntoroko, where training will start on Wednesday, Kabarole, Bunyangabu, Kasese and Buindibugyo. According to the report of the World Health Organization, Ebola broke out in the eastern DRC province last August and has since killed about 200 people. It would probably spread to areas close to Uganda.
As of 4 November, the DRC had recorded a total of 285 Ebola cases and 200 deaths.
Mr Ainebyona said the vaccine was safe with an efficiency level of 90% and that he was starting to act within 10 days of administration.
A total of 2,100 doses of the "rVSV-Ebola" vaccine will be administered to health workers to protect them against the type of Ebola strain currently circulating in parts of the DRC.
This particular vaccine is currently administered in the DRC and has positive protection results and efficacy against the Zaire-type Ebola virus.
Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said the administration of the Ebola vaccine to front-line health workers was the missing link in the country's efforts to prepare and prepare for the Ebola virus.
The minister explained that the vaccine is only available to front-line health workers who are at high risk of getting Ebola in the management of suspected cases.
"The vaccine is not available to the general population at this stage. It's a targeted vaccination, "said Aceng.
Dr. Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam, representative of the World Health Organization in Uganda, said that immunization was an important step in reducing the risk of Ebola among health staff.
He assured of his power and ability to protect them effectively.
Although the Ebola vaccine does not have a commercial license, it is used in the context of "expanded access" or so-called "compassionate use" in the current Ebola epidemic. DRC.
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