Polio: Strengthening Surveillance in the Expanded Program on Immunization for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (EPI)
Following the confirmation of a positive vaccine-derived polio virus sample in 2021, Walimu deployed surveillance officers to support the Community Health Departments in the Regional Referral Hospitals. They have investigated and verified over 800 acute flaccid paralysis cases, supervised 1,300 health workers and mentored 4,600 health workers, in order to build surveillance capacity for notifiable […]
Clubfoot Program
In Uganda, for every 800 children born, one has a clubfoot. In 2022, 1.5m babies were born in Uganda. Out of these, 2,100 were born with clubfoot. The aim of the Clubfoot Program is to ensure that every child born with clubfoot accesses quality treatment using the Ponseti method before their first birthday. The Ministry […]