Uganda

October 6-8, 2006
Targeted vaccinations: 5,183,392 (under five years old)
Deaths averted per year:
Other health interventions: polio, tetanus, vitamin A, albendazole (de-worming medication) and Insecticide treated nets in selected districts (malaria prevention).

October 13-19, 2003
Children vaccinated: 13,457,127
Deaths prevented: 10,325

In only two weekends, nearly 1.4 million children were immunized, preventing over 15,000 deaths. In many cases, coverage exceeded 100%, due to children outside the target population wanting to be immunized, or the original estimated population being low. In Kumi district, for example, percent coverage topped the charts at 184.5% for the November campaign.

Uganda United Against Measles
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November 2001
Children vaccinated: 1,802,153
Deaths prevented: 5,446
Volunteers: 1,404
Percent coverage: 125.8%

In early November 2001, the American Red Cross and other US-based coalitions supported the Uganda National Red Cross Society to lead efforts in five Ugandan districts to vaccinate 1.5 million children under five years of age for measles.