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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 2

Contribution of vaccination models targeting priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination uptake in CDC–PEPFAR supported districts, Uganda, September–December 2021*

Vaccination model CDC PEPFAR implementing partners
 Total no. (%)
IDI-KHP IDI-WHP Mildmay Uganda TASO RHSP
Point-of-care 4,096 427 0 787 3,020 8,330 (11)
Place of worship 27,284 330 0 316 570 28,500 (38)
Place of work 2,711 1,000 0 1891 200 5,802 (8)
SAGE 694 13,731 1,808 16,233 0 32,466 (43)
Total 34,785 15,488 1,808 19,227 3,790 75,098 (100)

*CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; IDI-KHP, Infectious Diseases Institute–Kampala HIV Project; IDI-WHP, Infectious Diseases Institute–West Nile HIV Project; PEPFAR, US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief; RHSP, Rakai Health Sciences Program; SAGE, Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment; TASO, The AIDS Support Organization.

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