First Malaria Vaccine Roll out among the Under Five Year Old Children, Uganda, September 2022

Author: Alice Asio, Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program-Field Epidemiology Fellow, Cohort 2021, hosted at National Malaria Control Division, Email: aasio@musph.ac.ug, Tel: +256-788-006-553

Uganda will roll out the first malaria vaccine for children under five years of age in September 2022 under the leadership of the National Malaria Control Division-Ministry of Health with support from the World Health Organisation and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations. The roll out will be conducted in phases beginning with high malaria burdened districts.