Mpox: Sex workers prioritised as over 3,000 Kampala residents vaccinated

The Incident commander for Mpox disease in Kampala, Dr Richard Walyomu said focus has been put on commercial sex workers because they are the key drivers of the infection.

A health worker displaying mpox vaccine during the vaccination exercise on Saturday, February, 01. (Photos by Nicholas Kajoba)

By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

A total of 3,284 people have been vaccinated against mpox in the Kampala city suburbs of Kawempe and Makindye.

The development is part of the

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Mpox: Sex workers prioritised as over 3,000 Kampala residents vaccinated

The Incident commander for Mpox disease in Kampala, Dr Richard Walyomu said focus has been put on commercial sex workers because they are the key drivers of the infection.

A health worker displaying mpox vaccine during the vaccination exercise on Saturday, February, 01. (Photos by Nicholas Kajoba)

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