Uganda to Jail Parents Who Fail to Vaccinate their Children
South Africa, Southern Africa Saturday, March 26th, 2016
Parents who fail to vaccinate their children in Uganda will face six months 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.
BBC
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