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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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Table 1

Engagement of stakeholders linked to the priority populations for COVID-19 vaccination, Uganda, July–September 2021

Category Stakeholders engaged Physical meeting Virtual meetings
Healthcare workers
 Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council; Uganda Medical Association 9 members, including Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council Registrar and Uganda Medical Association President 70 doctors; 380 infection prevention and control specialists
Uganda Nurses and Midwives Councils; Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) UNMU President and Uganda Nurses and Midwives Councils Registrar 56 national executive committee personnel to the UNMU and chairpersons countrywide
Pharmacy Council; Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda; Allied Health Practitioners Council
 15 members of the pharmacy council and Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda engaged in both virtual and physical session
 80 pharmacists sensitized on COVID-19 vaccination
Teachers
 Uganda National Teachers Union; Ministry 
of Education and Sports; Ministry
 of Local Government
 Chairperson, commissioner, and permanent secretary
 131 district education officers, 500 private school owners, private teachers association, faith-based schools
Security personnel
 Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces; Uganda Police Force; Uganda Prison Services
 5 personnel concerned with health and medical matters
Persons >50 years of age
 Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development; members of parliament 
for persons >50 years of age; 
faith-based organizations
 Supreme Mufti, church leadership, 3 members of parliament, and the state minister
 47 members
Persons with underlying conditions Community Health and Information Network; Uganda Diabetes Association; Uganda 
Heart Institute; Uganda Cancer Institute; Uganda AIDS Control Program; corporate entities (Stanbic Bank, UMEME Limited, Diamond Trust Bank) 17 members

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