The Public Health Act
This document broadly outlines requirements for promoting public health and combating infectious disease outbreaks in Uganda. It includes specific sections on childhood and emergency vaccination. This document should be examined in conjunction with the Amendments document (entered into force 2022).
| Applicable country | Uganda | ||
| Topics | Quarantine and isolation | ||
| Subtopics | Authority to isolate Authority to quarantine Diphtheria vaccination Emergency vaccination authority Enforcement of childhood vaccination requirement Exemption from childhood vaccination requirement Enforcement of emergency vaccination Isolation enforcement mechanisms and penalties List of actionable diseases Measles vaccination Polio vaccination Quarantine and isolation policies Quarantine enforcement mechanisms and penalties Childhood vaccination requirement Tuberculosis vaccination | ||
| Original publication | 15 Oct 1935 | ||
| Entered into force | 15 Oct 1935 | ||
| Latest update | 15 Oct 1935 | ||
| Relevant articles | Section 1 - Definition of "Infectious Diseases" Section 27 - Ministerial Powers to Isolate Sick Persons in Isolation Hospitals, to Impose Isolation on Sick Persons Who Are Not Removed to Hospital, and to Quarantine Contacts to "Infectious Diseases" Section 29 - Population Level Quarantine | ||
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