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ReviewAfrican health sciences2022

Support for the response to COVID-19 in Uganda: contribution of the global health security program at Makerere University's Infectious Diseases Institute.

Mohammed Lamorde, Rodgers Ayebare, Daniel Bulwadda, Judith Nanyondo, Lydia Nakiire, Richard Walwema, Morgan Otita, Peter Mukiibi, Immaculate Nabukenya, Francis Kakooza and 1 more

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Review in African health sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Mohammed LamordeInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University. P. O. Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda.
Rodgers AyebareInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University. P. O. Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda.
Daniel BulwaddaInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University. P. O. Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda.
Judith NanyondoInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University. P. O. Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda.
Lydia NakiireInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University. P. O. Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda.
Richard WalwemaInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University. P. O. Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda.
Morgan OtitaInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University. P. O. Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda.
Peter MukiibiInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University. P. O. Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda.
Immaculate NabukenyaInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University. P. O. Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda.
Francis KakoozaInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University. P. O. Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda.
Andrew KambuguInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University. P. O. Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Outbreaks are occurring at increasing frequency and they require multisectoral and multi-stakeholder involvement for optimal response. The Global Health Security Agenda is a framework that governments and other stakeholders can use to strengthen countries' capacities to prevent, detect and respond to outbreaks but there are few examples of academic programs using this approach. Methods: This is a narrative review of contributions of Makerere University through the Global Health Security Program at the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI). Information was sourced from peer-reviewed publications and grey literature highlighting work done between 2017 - 2021. Results: Aligned to GHSA, IDI made contributions to strengthen national and subnational capacities for biosafety and biosecurity, sample collection and transportation, electronic disease surveillance, infection prevention and control, case management prior to COVID-19 that were subsequently used to support response efforts for COVID-19 in Uganda. Conclusion: The IDI Global Health Security program provides a model that can be used by institutions to deliberately develop capacities relevant to outbreak preparedness and response.

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Communicable DiseasesCOVID-19Disease OutbreaksGlobal HealthHumansUgandaUniversitiesEbolaEpidemicsUniversity

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PMID36321120
PMCPMC9590337

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