Sex, ignorance driving up mpox cases in Kampala
“Over 70% of Kampala cases are spread through sexual intercourse,” UNICEF Uganda health officer, Dr Robert Oketcho said.
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Bakyayita Tabule Abasajjatebadiba, Social Behaviour Change Officer – Risk Communication at the Ministry of Health said that Pregnant mothers and children below the age of 5 years are at higher risk of contracting the Mpox virus. This was during the taxi, Bus and Boda boda drivers/ rider’s sensitization on Mpox prevalence in Kampala metropolitan Area and Wakiso, by the Ministry of Health, KCCA and UNICEF Uganda. (Courtesy)
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Sex and ignorance are the leading drivers in the spread of the mpox virus in Uganda's capital, Kampala, New Vision Online has learnt.
“Sexual intercourse is the leading cause