Ministry Of Health Twitter Account Motivates Many to Seek and Complete Hepatitis B Immunization Schedule; Step in the right direction
HIV infections in most African countries are not reducing as it is seen around the world. For the rest of the work infection rates have been reduced around since the late 1990s by effective efforts aimed at providing information, education, communication, the rollout of antiretroviral drugs, dealing with co-infections such as Hepatitis and providing information on services.
Today, the HIV infection numbers are far from targets set by the United Nations, which call for them to fall to about a quarter of their current level by 2020. For instance, the youths, teenage girls and young women in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, a growing and vulnerable population, continue to be infected at very high rates. At the same time, the rapid expansion of the continent’s youth population means greater numbers of young people are at risk every year.
Infections could start rising again. A reversal would erase progress against one of the most significant infectious disease epidemics of modern times, costing lives, economic prosperity and billions more dollars than governments and organizations have already spent to fight it over decades.
Uganda seems to lead the way in combining Hepatitis Prevention messages with those of preventing other infections. The Ministry of Health Twitter account is one of the ways used to reach out to people and the Twitter account has this to say:
Nsambya HospitalKibuli HospitalMengo HospitalInternational Hospital Kampala(IHK)Norvik HospitalRubaga Hospital
Hon. Opendi: we shall advice public on other facilities that have been cleared for #HepatitisB vaccination in 2 weeks
Immunization of children as part of routine Pentavalent vaccine will continue.
Hello Andrew,The population living outside Kampala are advised to receive their vaccination from Govt Health Facilities. We started vaccination of adolescents and adults against Hepatitis B in 2015.This exercise is ongoing in a phased manner starting with most prevalent areas.
Under the exercise, 39 districts in West Nile, Acholi, Lango, Karamoja and Teso Sub regions have been covered.
#HepatitisB vaccination is ongoing in Busoga region and will cover Bukedi and Bugisu sub regions.
The use of interactive methods of communication help keep information fresher as well as enabling interaction with the concerned service providers. Hopefully, more people will avail themselves with such phones or means to access Twitter services.
Ministry Of Health Twitter account motivates many to seek and complete Hepatitis B immunization schedule is a step in the right direction. It is a start that will get us somewhere.
For more see:
https://twitter.com/MinofHealthUG/status/975319383743528960
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