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Volume 30, Number 7—July 2024
Synopsis

Strategies to Enhance COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among Prioritized Groups, Uganda–Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Future Pandemics

Daniel KiizaComments to Author , Judith Nanyondo Semanda, Boneventure Brian Kawere, Claire Ajore, Christopher Kaliisa Wasswa, Andrew Kwiringira, Emmanuel Tumukugize, Joel Sserubidde, Nashiba Namyalo, Ronald Baker Wadria, Peter Mukiibi, Julie Kasule, Ivan Chemos, Acham Winfred Ruth, Ritah Atugonza, Flora Banage, Yvette Wibabara, Immaculate Ampaire, Alfred Driwale, Waverly Vosburgh, Lisa Nelson, Mohammed Lamorde, and Amy Boore
Author affiliations: Makerere University Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda (D. Kiiza, J. Nanyondo Semanda, B.B. Kawere, C. Ajore, C.K. Wasswa, A. Kwiringira, N. Namyalo, R. Baker Wadria, P. Mukiibi, M. Lamorde); Mildmay Uganda, Kampala (E. Tumukugize, J. Sserubidde); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J. Kasule, F. Banage, Y. Wibabara, W. Vosburgh, L. Nelson, A. Boore); Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda (I. Chemos); The AIDS Support Organization, Kampala (A.W. Ruth); Ministry of Health, Kampala (R. Atugonza, I. Ampaire, A. Driwale)

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Timeline series of engagements and their respective outputs (starting July 1, 2021) within the first 12 weeks of the COVID-19 vaccination project, Uganda, July–September 2021. ACP, AIDS Control Program; AHPC, Allied Health Practitioners Council; CDC, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CHAIN, Community Health and Information Network; DEOs, District Education Officers; DIS, District Inspector of School; DTB, Diamond Trust Bank; HCWs, healthcare workers; IDI-KHP, Infectious Diseases Institute–Kampala HIV Project; IDI-WHP, Infectious Diseases Institute–West Nile HIV Project; MoES, Ministry of Education and Sports; MoH, Ministry of Health; MoLGSD, Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development; MPs, Members of Parliament; PCT, HIV Prevention Care and Treatment; PoC, point-of-care; PSU, Pharmacy Council, Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda; PWCs, persons with underlying conditions; RHSP, Rakai Health Sciences Program; TASO, The AIDS Support Organization; ToT, training of trainers; UCI, Uganda Cancer Institute; UCMB, Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau; UDA, Uganda Diabetes Association; UHI, Uganda Heart Institute; UMA, Uganda Medical Association; UMDPC, Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council; UNEPI, Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization; UNMC, Uganda Nurses and Midwives Councils; UNMU, Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union.

Figure 2. Timeline series of engagements and their respective outputs (starting July 1, 2021) within the first 12 weeks of the COVID-19 vaccination project, Uganda, July–September 2021. ACP, AIDS Control Program; AHPC, Allied Health Practitioners Council; CDC, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CHAIN, Community Health and Information Network; DEOs, District Education Officers; DIS, District Inspector of School; DTB, Diamond Trust Bank; HCWs, healthcare workers; IDI-KHP, Infectious Diseases Institute–Kampala HIV Project; IDI-WHP, Infectious Diseases Institute–West Nile HIV Project; MoES, Ministry of Education and Sports; MoH, Ministry of Health; MoLGSD, Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development; MPs, Members of Parliament; PCT, HIV Prevention Care and Treatment; PoC, point-of-care; PSU, Pharmacy Council, Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda; PWCs, persons with underlying conditions; RHSP, Rakai Health Sciences Program; TASO, The AIDS Support Organization; ToT, training of trainers; UCI, Uganda Cancer Institute; UCMB, Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau; UDA, Uganda Diabetes Association; UHI, Uganda Heart Institute; UMA, Uganda Medical Association; UMDPC, Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council; UNEPI, Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization; UNMC, Uganda Nurses and Midwives Councils; UNMU, Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union.

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