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HARMONISING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TO HELP END THE EBOLA OUTBREAK IN UGANDA

Description

Interagency Community Feedback influenced the delivery of Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) in Uganda, ultimately saving lives.

In 2022, across the globe, a steep decline in COVID-19 cases meant a time to celebrate. For public health professionals in Uganda, the drop in transmissions signaled something else, too: opportunity. The country’s Ministry of Health recognized that it could harness community feedback tools developed during the pandemic to curb future public health emergencies.

The chance to test its theory came too soon when, on 19 September 2022, a case of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was detected in the central part of the country. With no specific vaccine available for the severe and often fatal strain—called the Sudan ebolavirus—health professionals had no time to waste in combatting the outbreak. Recognizing the need to streamline its existing community feedback tool and to organize the vast amount of insightful data coming in, Uganda’s Ministry of Health asked the Collective Service to support its efforts.

 

 

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DETAILS

Organisation

The Collective Service

Emergency

Ebola, Epidemics

Scope

Community engagement, Community feedback

Region

East & Southern Africa

Keywords

Community engagement, Community feedback, Data collection, Disease outbreaks, Epidemics