October 2022: Lamwo district begins monthlong measles immunization effort

Uganda’s Lamwo district started a monthlong mass immunization effort against measles in October, responding to an outbreak in several refugee settlements near the district’s border with South Sudan. The door-to-door campaign will target more than 15,000 children ages 6 months to 15 years in the Palabek refugee settlement, the Lokung refugee reception center, and neighboring subcounties of Lokung, Nyimur, Palabek Gem, Palabek Kal and Palabek Ogili. The Independent