COVID-19 response in Uganda: notes and reflections

• Uganda typically experiences recurring disease outbreaks throughout the year is in a state of continuous alerts (1). The country has invested in the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) system which has helped to mitigate numerous outbreaks. Despite our fairly advanced surveillance system, the threat of an outbreak of the scale of COVID-19 poses a challenge. COVID-19 has a higher rate of spread when compared to previous outbreaks (2). The disease is difficult to identify as its symptoms are like many endemic diseases – common flu, malaria, and pneumonia being a few examples. Testing and treating the disease is expensive and are overwhelming even well-resourced health system.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)

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