NewsUganda targets nearly 7.9 million children in measles-rubella campaign
WHO says the five-day campaign targets children aged 9–59 months in all 146 districts and cities.
Event / data period: 2026-10-02
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IllustrationA 2 October report from WHO’s Regional Office for Africa says Uganda has launched a nationwide measles-rubella vaccination campaign. It aims to reach nearly 7.9 million children aged 9–59 months across all 146 districts and cities over five days.
WHO puts the number of children who missed a second measles-rubella dose during and after the pandemic at about 3 million. Catch-up efforts have reached about 1.5 million children, while the agency says many remain vulnerable. These are approximate figures about the coverage gap and earlier catch-up work at the campaign’s launch.
Uganda added the vaccine to its routine programme in 2019 and a second dose in 2022. WHO says achieving and sustaining the required 95% coverage for both doses remains difficult. Nearly 7.9 million is the new campaign’s target, not a count of completed vaccinations.
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Campaign targets
Targets reported by WHO for Uganda’s measles-rubella campaign.
- Targeted children, approximate
- ≈7.9 million
- 2026 · Target
- Districts and cities covered
- 146 districts and cities
- 2026 · Target
- Stated campaign duration
- 5 days
- 2026 · Target
Methodology
The source qualifies 7.9 million as ‘nearly’; it is a target, not an outcome or completed-dose count.
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