Ntungamo authorities have proposed deleting from payroll, the health workers and teachers who have not complied with the vaccination against Yellow Fever.
This follows a health report by immunizers that teachers and health workers have shunned the exercise despite being key mobilisers and implementers.
Bibiana Kakinoni, the Ntungamo District Secretary for Health said during a Yellow Fever coordination meeting at Ntungamo District Council that this is a health threat that all people must collaborate to the end.
The acting District Health Officer Roland Nahabwe noted that most teachers and health workers were shunning the vaccination exercise for unclear reasons.
Nahabwe noted that less than 40 per cent of teachers and less than 50 per cent of the health workers have so far been vaccinated.
He however said the rest of the community was responding well to the mass yellow fever vaccination campaign.
The South Western region coordinator for vaccination, Dr Clet Kakuru, noted that people need not be forced to uptake the vaccine though they must be schooled enough on the need to be vaccinated.
UNVACCINATED HEALTH WORKERS AND TEACHERS TO BE REMOVED FROM PAYROLL
