BEST PRACTICE: WHO'S Support to Masaka Region, COVID-19
As of 11th June 2020, there were 4,452,280 confirmed COVID-19 cases globally with 298,737 deaths. For Uganda, there are 679 confirmed cases with no deaths. In Rakai, Kyotera and Masaka districts there were 85 and 4 cases respectively.
Consequently, the Ministry of Health activated the National Rapid Response mechanisms spearheaded by the Emergency Operations Center in the Ministry of Health to respond to the outbreak. All districts in Uganda have instituted and operationalized their District Task Forces to implement response activities under the leadership of MoH.
Given the rising number of infections in the greater Masaka sub-region, WHO deployed country office staff to support in the sub-region in a special way. Three National Professional Officers in charge of Immunization, Health Promotion/communication and Malaria were deployed to assist districts to streamline the response.
