Polio outbreak linked to strain from Somalia, says WHO expert

Ministry of Health says more than 3.2 million children have been vaccinated following polio outbreak in Mbale. 

A senior scientist from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said Uganda is still at high risk of polio outbreak and spread because of the large number of unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children.

Dr Annet Kisakye, the WHO national officer for the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), said the recent polio outbreak in Mbale City in May was caused by a strain linked to Somalia. She said although polio majorly causes lameness in children, it is known to kill…