The nurses are attending the nationwide training ahead of the age-wide national Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign which is due to run from the October 16-20 targeting children older than 9 months to under 15 years of age. At the same time, a booster dose of oral polio vaccine will be given to all children younger than five years of age.
The district secretary for health and education Walter Oyoo Komakech says the test and treat candidates for malaria campaign is meant to ensure learners in the candidate classes approach the forth coming Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) while they are healthy.
Dr Katumba Ssentongo, the practitioners’ council Registrar in a letter dated August 19 told the graduates they can only be registered if they had internship completion certificates, academic transcripts and degree certificates.
