GLAXOSMITHKLINE, the largest pharmaceutical company in the world, has donated 3,450 doses of Engenix B, a type of Hepatitis B vaccine worth $63,000 (about sh104m) to healthcare workers.
Speaking during the vaccination exercise at Mulago Referral Hospital recently, the Glaxosmithkline country manager, Nathan Wasolo, said over 1,150 workers in seven hospitals countrywide will receive the vaccine. It will be administered in three phases.
"Hepatitis B infection is a contagious liver infection caused by the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and is easily spread through contact with the blood or body fluids of an infected person.
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