As part of the National Rapid Response Team, the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program fellows routinely participates in responding to public health emergencies including outbreaks and other events of public health importance.
The fellows’ response is primarily through conducting investigations and generating evidence-based control and prevention interventions.
During this quarter, the fellows responded to the following outbreaks and events: Anthrax outbreak in Kyotera; Measles outbreak in Kiryandongo District; Tuberculosis characterization and surveillance in six regions in Uganda, and a strange disease in Bundibugyo District.
Meeting with the Refugee settlement camp leadership_measles outbreak Bundibugyo September 2023Kiryandongo District task force meeting_measles outbreak Bundibugyo September 2023
Children’s isolation ward was set up at Panyadoli HC IV_ measles outbreak Bundibugyo September 2023LLP fellows collecting blood specimens from a suspected case person in Kyotera district, November 2023Field epidemiologists interviewing family members of a deceased case person in Kyotera district, November 2023Left: Field teams tracing contacts of infectious TB cases in Soroti District_November 2023. Right: Field teams giving psychosocial support to an index TB case in Arua district, November 2023