Uganda Starts Five-Day National Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign
SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterThe government's campaign notice and The Observer[2] both give October 1-5, 2026 ("a five-day national measles-rubella vaccination campaign set for October").
Uganda's Ministry of Health runs a nationwide measles-rubella booster campaign from 1 to 5 October 2026 for children under five regardless of past vaccination, aiming for about 7.47 million children after measles outbreaks in 18 districts this year.
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