The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Uganda has congratulated the Ministry of Health for announcing a new initiative to further improve the health status of Ugandan children and women. “Child Days,” which the Ministry will formally inaugurate 3 May with the support of UNICEF, WHO and other partners, focuses on accelerating routine health service activities using outreach systems in place at the district level, and to do so twice a year. Activities throughout May, in all of Uganda’s 56 districts, will include provision of Vitamin A supplementation to children aged 6 months to 5 years; routine and catch-up measles immunizations for children under age 1; de-worming programmes for children aged 1 to 5 years; and vaccinations against maternal and neonatal tetanus for pregnant women.