Experiences of community engagement for SARS-COV-2 and COVID-19 community surveillance in a rural and urban population in South Western Uganda
Successful COVID-19 community surveillance required continuous, active community engagement between the research team, and community stakeholders while maximising previous gains and exploiting existing resources.
Authors
- Josephine N. Ssentongo
- Gerald Ssenyomo
- Robert Newton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6715-9153)
- Joseph Okello Mugisha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0199-1518)
- Dominic Bukenya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6245-8565)
- Bernard Mpairwe
- Janet Seeley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-5272)
- Julie D. Fox
Institutions
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- University of York (GB)
- Uganda Virus Research Institute (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- African Health Sciences
- Published
- 2024-10-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v24i3.3
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete
- European Commission
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Medical Research Council
- European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership