ENHANCING THE CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF EPIDEMICS AND PANDEMICS IN WAKISO DISTRICT, UGANDA: EVALUATION OF A PILOT PROJECT

Abstract Background Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a crucial role in outbreak response, including health education, contact tracing, and referral of cases if adequately trained.A pilot project recently trained 766 CHWs in Wakiso district Uganda on epidemic and pandemic preparedness and response including COVID-19.This evaluation was carried o

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