COVID-19: The myths, beliefs and falsehoods in Kampala slums. Given the infectious nature of COVID-19, the need to understand prevailing myths, beliefs and falsehoods is so vital in efforts to combat the virus. Some questions require answers: for example, who do people think are most at risk? What are community perspectives on factors that facilitate […]
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Violence Against Men. “Turning the Tables” in COVID-19: Violence Against Men in Kampala Slums Conventionally, women have been portrayed as the victims or survivors of domestic violence and the men as the perpetrators with in heterosexual relationships. The measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic have had direct and indirect severe consequences with evidence from the
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Food adverts targeting children and childhood obesity, is there a link? Food adverts targeting children and childhood obesity, is there a link? It is natural for parents and care givers to be protective of children. It is the role of parents and other adults entrusted to care for children e.g. relatives, family friends, nannies, health
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Outside my bubble. REFLECT and ALERTS, these are acronyms of studies that literally changed my life. Given the push by the CHASE I team and other stake holders, to use and avail the evidence from these studies to inform policy, I sure hope the lives of refugees and slum communities in Uganda change for the
Refugee Education Experiences in COVID-19. School & Community involvement: The master key to effective rollout of Uganda’s Education Response in COVID-19 The experiences I have had participating in a number of field studies, over the years, have helped me learn that each study comes with its own uniqueness and a different set of lessons to
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Is Uganda’s CES the new face of resilient health systems in COVID? As Uganda “peaks” on the COVID-19 trajectory with increasing cases from community transmission, the role of community leaders (political, cultural, and religious and others like VHTs and youth leaders) is more important than ever. Community-led interventions are very vital for acceptability and sustainability
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A policymaker’s perspective on the REFLECT Study. How important has the REFLECT study been to Ministry of Health? Brian Luswata: For us as the Ministry of Health, I think it has been a good eye opener as to whether our Covid-19 response activities have been effective. And it sorts of helps us to identify the
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Effective partnerships for research – The case of REFLECT Study. The REFLECT study is being implemented in various refugee settlements of Kisenyi, Kyaka II and Adjumani by a consortium comprising of Makerere University (lead partner), Gulu University, Agency for Cooperation in Research and Development (ACORD-U), Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Ministry of Health (MoH).
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Quick Chat with JESSE KAMSTRA, Country Representative – LWF Uganda. In your opinion, how badly has COVID impacted refugees? Who has been hit the most? Jesse Kamstra: COVID-19 has come onto a situation where refugees already faced high levels of vulnerability. Refugees do not tend to have less resilience and mechanisms to cope with shocks
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A Policy Perspective on COVID-19 and the REFLECT Study. There was general information given out regarding the control of Covid-19 and regarding prevention of transmission. But we didn’t imagine that there were groups out there that need targeted messages. I will give you an example of workers that work in foreign countries, actually in the
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Catherine Nakidde Nzesei is the Centre’s Associate Director of Programmes – providing leadership and support to the Programmes Unit across all projects, teams and associates.
Catherine is a public health specialist with graduate training in public health, health promotion and international development. A recipient of the 2022 Commonwealth Scholarship, she embarked on a PhD in public pealth at UCL which is driven by her passion for health system strengthening – and building on previous work around Strengthening Health Professional Regulation in Uganda and Kenya. Catherine’s PhD examines systems and processes for continuous quality improvement of healthcare professional training.
Catherine’s professional interests revolve around leveraging impact from effective systems and empowering vulnerable population categories to enable them to fulfil their potential – whether in a professional, community or personal setting. Some of her previous work has focused on understanding the experiences of refugees and slum dwellers in the COVID-19 pandemic as well as health system resilience. Since inception, Catherine has directly supported for several Centre projects including those on Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH), refugee health and wellbeing, Quality Improvement (QI) and livelihoods.
