CHW brings immunisation to remote Goilala village

The National National
pictures on right&left: Community health worker Michael Kenava’s team who walked 14 days to reach Manuagoda village in Woitape, Central, where most of the children under the age of five had never received immunisation. – Pictures supplied

A COMMUNITY health worker (CHW) is delivering immunisation to children in the remote mountainous terrains of Goilala in Central.
The Australian High Commission in a statement said CHW Michael Kenava attended an immunisation-in-practice training course which had boosted his skills in planning and implementing routine immunisation outreach programmes in the Tororo catchment area. With funding support from the accelerated immunisation and health system strengthening (AIHSS) programme, he was able to mobilise young people to help carry vaccines in carriers with ice packs to maintain the cold chain and undertook several foot patrols in the Tororo area.
Kenava and his team walked 14 days to reach Manuagoda village in Woitape, where most of the children under the age of five had never received an immunisation.
Through AIHSS support, the Central Health Authority and the Clinton Health Access Initiative, health workers like Kenava are up-skilled to deliver vital immunisation to children in remote communities of Central.