Uganda is set to roll out a nationwide birth dose vaccination against hepatitis B this August, in what health officials are calling a key step in the fight against mother-to-child transmission of the ...

As Uganda ramps up efforts to eliminate hepatitis B, health officials say the program continues to face significant funding challenges that hinder progress.According to Doreen Ruth, the focal point ...

Emergency vaccination during outbreaks of diseases like cholera, Ebola and measles have over the past quarter-century reduced ...

Despite Africa bearing the brunt of infections and deaths, wealthy nations continue stockpiling Jynneos vaccine ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services is weighing whether to fund new Marburg and Sudan Ebola virus vaccines even as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. overhauls the US immunization landscape, ...

The vaccines are intended to be developed for use against Marburg virus and Sudan ebolavirus, two hemorrhagic fevers in the ...

A new study has cast a sobering light on Uganda’s immunization efforts, revealing alarmingly high levels of vaccine wastage that threaten the country’s fight against preventable childhood diseases.

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni will seek reelection for another term in polls due early next year to extend his nearly four-decade rule, according to a senior official from the ruling party.

A new study by researchers at Makerere University School of Public Health has uncovered alarmingly high levels of vaccine wastage in Uganda's health facilities--posing serious risks to the ...

Eighteen years after the Ebola virus outbreak in this mountainous region, survivors in Bundibugyo District are still looking for ways to address some of the health complications they say resulted ...