Saturday, March 26, 2016

Uganda to jail parents over missed vaccinations...

Parents who fail to vaccinate their children in Uganda will face six month in jail, according to a new law signed by President Yoweri Museveni.

It also requires children to have an immunisation card to allow them to go to school.

The law will help the government reach its vaccination target, Health Minister Sarah Achieng Opendi told the BBC.

Some parents and members of a religious cult have refused to allow their children vaccinated, she says.

The government's vaccination campaign targets several life-threatening diseases including polio and meningitis.

In 2015, the World Health Organization estimated that 70 children out of every 1,000 will die before they reached the age of five in Uganda. Full story...

Related posts:
  1. 22,000 nurses refuse *mandatory* vaccinations...
  2. No jab, no pay laws pass parliament in Australia...
  3. Israel to ‘anti-vaxxers': No vaccination, no child support...
  4. First they came for the anti-vaxxers...
  5. Vaccination crackdown: Australia announces end to religious exemptions...
  6. California parents shut down vote on mandatory vaccines...
  7. Student nurse who refused to lie about vaccines and kicked out of college...
  8. School expels child over vaccine that even the doctor refuses to give ...
  9. French parents face jail for refusing to vaccinate children...
  10. Pakistan police arrest hundreds of parents refusing to vaccinate kids with...

No comments:

Post a Comment