Uganda’s government will destroy $7.3 million of expired COVID-19 vaccines obtained through a World Bank loan.
In a report submitted to parliament on Tuesday by Uganda’s Auditor General, John Muwanga, an additional concern about drugs totalling $8.6 million, primarily HIV antiretroviral drugs, which have also expired due to changes in World Health Organization recommended treatment guidelines, was also raised.
Ugandan authorities expect the total losses from expired COVID-19 vaccines to surpass $78m by 2024. Some 59 per cent of the eligible population in Uganda is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the official figures
In 2021, over 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines stored in government facilities across East Africa were at risk of expiration, according to a media report by the East African.
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