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APRIL 21,2022 www.monitor.co.ug The Health Ministry saysthe Shs652bil- lion they are'aSking for is neededto'prepane and fightany imminent Covid-19 pandemic- cases.

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askinc of I snseszn tq amonj others,Euy -he I covid-lg vaccines when it has I aita to more than 24.8 tr lion donated do6€8 aheady in "amugter th€ ountrX,h8s eryGd it !o a tightE ssutiry Line minister [lr Jane Ruth Aceng, usully a levdteaded hnaucntyes- tEdaychristened 8s'supifjo'rnslists who hlrated hcr with ec(nmtab ity qu€stiomtutheShssfiobthathrrmin' istry gotinthe2(Ilt./re3&laflial Year totrocrlle covi!1g vrrin€6" Appcefurgbdure Padiam€nt!
Heal0t Committee on Tuesday, a day after Heslth UinistrT annoumed that the cfltry!

las tiw hoopitalisd pati€nts had be€n discharyed Dr Aceng said: rcsourc€s (ShE652b) are need- "Ih€se ed to pmcure YaccinEs ard Elated gItr pli6,stora8e and distribution [of] v-ac' cirEs ard loBisti6 and oth€r op€rdioE.
dc6fs' She did not aisclose the number or typ€ ofthr vaccine they intend to buy, or why th€y want to procure more vrhetr some oftie rmused stocl in the country ir nearint spiry date as eady as next montlr LaurroalGs on th€ Commitree dlaiEd by Koboko Munjcipality Membsof Par- liament,t r Chades Ayumedidn't s(ru.

tinise this carh proposal wtriCh minis.

tEArslg rEtrild as nec€ssary to?IE- perc"tlecsuntrIfutlre pandemic.
Iated Health Miristry statistics indi- catE &at only 19.9 million out of 44,7 million, or less than half of Covid t?c.

cinedoees in sbclqhavE b€en used de spite the loud complainb by Ugan- drl leadEs in the eady mo hs ofglo- bql nrcination that rich nations wEle hmrdingvardna.
O6cials ha\,€ bffn at Dains to €rQlain the less-tban-satisftctory update of jebs, witi solne blaminS it on anti- th€ vglr culure ard covid dmiels, poor 8rarmoot mobr:lirdion 8nd demand bry rome political leaders br cash as a pre condition to rally the popularion for the hoculatiorL Our irwestigatioru show that H€alth Ministry oDly ussd abmt sh128b of0le Stss6ob that it received to truy 5 million dces,leavingmuchof the'fieasrrydis- bursem$t unaccounted for.
Donors, bilaterally ard throu8h mul,tilateIal rntfh,rrl&rr8,hq4ttinto Ole c(rltrlry neady4oEdtrerof vacciB.

UBands ta4eted to inocufate 22 mil- todate only 68 pemot lion p€oplgbut ha,r€ gd eirher a sinSle or firll do6e.This means up to 7 million taBet citizens halrE not l€ctived any dose Rrl}yr,accintrint tb€ ?

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PHOTOoAVIO LuBowA diltctor of f\8wompe ito8]ritaj, Dr Nsh€rri8h l&trrliirrlo end Ministor ofHealth Jsno Ruth Act!
{ wtr[o appa$iiE b€ffolt thc t]cdth Committco st Stuck wift zlrndoses, Health seeks Shs652b for Covidjabs vaccines,meaningabot 10 millionsut ofthe unutilis€d 24.8 miUion doses will stil ltmain;beggiry the qustim wtry the rush to get Shss62b to oEtensibly buymorevacdn€a whereas ofrcials did nor crpl,ain t}le It8on tbe Boremment has pl€vious- h unveiled plans - much contestrd by paslts - to administer covid jab6 to cbildren a8€d 12-17, who number abqt 6.8 miltioL lt abo uants particu- lerly the eldfrly, and most at rist popu.
IatiorLtD Eet bo*r shot& Ttere alt olrBile the origind plan to plocr]tv cinec to inoculrt€ 21.9 mil- i tim.

vaccinatint these chil&en with r the rccommended doublejab P6rrr vaccing which tlgrrda has apFoeed IyiU equirt arannd forus€ l3.6mdG€6.

More than halfofthe r3J milliondG- es of P0zsr traccin$ in the c{untry are yet to be deployed,accqdin8 to oi8cial , ridirtirs.

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mil[on doces art at the , Nation l Medical stores,whith could , covg 2.8 million rhiBEn if dl tbe dos- : es vftlr rirEfuEed futh€rn- irr ctd&€n ' DrTimothylrlreh,ttleshadowminiy ErbrHealth.inhi8alEmatit/EMitrlstF rial pdicv statsm€nldated Malth 2022, said the country ateady has enowh , atrd there is no n€ed for hu8e 'rdccines to be spent sulnr of tax pay€Ils,money onvrccineFocunmenl as lt€ath Min, istry inl8nd& He said Dr ArenBk policy slatement for H€alth sector b silent on more ift po antb$e3.
'Notable is an a.ltrocation of shs652b fur what is termed as the torrid-rg re- plan'- .

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Ttre health sub-pro- surg€trc€ gramme has ninaeen inlerrsrtim ar- eas as per the National Derrelopment Phn m.Ite budtet famq,vo* papet and minist€rial policy statement do nd show what qactly wiU be done to opentionalise each intqver*ion are8,' tlE nd€d.
Accoditts !o the dtado,v mini$fr,gD ing bry the$v(Eld Health organiraEon (wHo) guiddin€xau the arailabte vat- cines should be for those 18 yeirs or older, with priority to the elderly and tho6ewith comorbidities 'w€ rdethat thcrrmtry has atrrady poomd ad,cr rccrircd indsuticrs, sulEcient cqrid-r9 !tsctines to adminis- ts to the cateSori€6 of p€ople indicat- €d by the wHo Euiddines.
we, th€re" fole, pmpose that the colocsal suins of otoney beins rEquated br mass vacci- in the 6- nrtion campaign be brrest€d tabl.ishEe0t of I minimum care and moDitoring pactage that wiu ensu.

[e eady adth.ltdgtEctionof anyCovid.
19 caf€s at the cqnEll.mity let El,incltd- ryschod$Dr t8ala nd8d l-he altErnetive pDposals from the shadow milister hclude amplifyirg the mle of Commudty-baied heilth care thmulh tbe empowennent of commlrniry health.arsndon wods6, tEa$s and the rolE atr of villaee h€alth wilAr oTHEXA tlY.... in dofldirrs, ,, lnwd ln cane packrge AbnotithGt rrcd,by has alr€ady procrlIld sn4 or r€coivgd aulicbnt CovU-l9 vaca'ncs to edfidnlBt rtotn c&ta8ori6s of people indicdad bythe WHO 8uid6lln6.
W€, tllerBbr€, p.opce thdthe colossal anms dmollsy b6lng ruquostsd for nusB vaccinotion cempaign b€ in t}}o ostablidrment of inv€st€d e minimum ca,l ind mdftorhg ped(agE thetwillansllre eaivsrld Um6U drtoctioo of any Col,U-ig ca86s rtt,lG communlry hlval ird{dlrE 8choob," OrTlmottry Lulelt, th.

shadov, rnerhtor iDr Hclgr €d inteBrated coxDmunity cas€ manage rmnt tt also captrtltr the n€ to inrrBt in healrh pmmotion and dis€as€ prelsts tioqinaease tmding to$,ads fhe pre.
rrstionof nonommmicable diseese3 andequip heafth nr;mer Dr AaeDg on the other hand told &is newEpaper ye6terday that the ShE652 to billion tbev ale aseing for is need€d pt€pale ard fuht ary imminst Cordd- 19 pardrsic cs56 "l,lb ne€dto be prcpa€d !

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a cd,mtry and that i6 why lm arE arking for the monef stre said during atr interyiew yest€iday at rbdiamst.
she adde&'fve c&Dd sop taf inc ac' tion sinply bec8use cases have gone awryftere ae tcsvi+191variants stil outthe& end ot!€r ccnmtri€s arcdoin8 emrythirg possiue in pooling r€6(rrrt- e3 in mntinuinBtoAghtthem: wtthl,rt providing speciflcs, it is dif- flcult to bto$/ what €xactly b Lnoh/Ed in tle planned preDaration packa8e *irich is difutnt frm the rrarious in.

tervetrtions since covid outbrcat to buiH thecolntryi capacity b rEspold to the pandsnic.
Parlianent tlealth CoEmittee Ay- ume, himselJ a medical otrrceq sided witi minister Acert, reasonin8 that ti€ signi0csnt decline in covid infec- tions, and deaths, does not mean plan- ningstoAa 'we hsve prcviously had wav€$ [of Comnadn:sl and fieliercrxe erE rdyet (trItdth€ umods,'h€ said.
Armng the dutier of lawmaken $rch rs Dr Ayune is scrutinisiDg the use of tr$lic r6or.Eres" ht he saki mt,.h lers ahmt a.muntabflity in regrrd to C(^r- id funds despite the Auditor-cereral John Muwaiga rairing red Ea$ in his Janngry 2022f sp€cidAudit Eport .n t€lat€d er instalrt,he r€pfited s€ricus mi8- malragpmeIrt of p6t dthe Sh$4t Orat the gowsment Eleased fur covid-lg in the f2ol2021 Financial respons€ Yeax' erDtr diu.ll€.

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only U3€d abotd thal2Sb o,ftha ShrSSOb thd it r€cohrod to h4,6 million dGe,lsrvir8 much of th€ TEalurydlsbBs6ment macounted br.

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