Leveraging the structures of the COVID-19 pandemic response for successful control of Ebola in Uganda

Henry Kyobe Bosa^{1

2

3}, M Kariuki Njenga^{4

5}, Misaki Wayengera^{6

7}, Bruce Kirenga^{6

8}, Winters Muttamba^{6

9}, Jeanette Dawa^{4

5}, Robert F Breiman¹⁰, Eric Osoro^{4

5}, Isaac Ngere^{4

5}, Francis Omaswa¹¹, Samuel Okware¹², Richard Kabanda¹³, Henry Mwebesa¹³, Diana Atwine¹³, Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam¹⁴, Jane Ruth Aceng¹³

Affiliations

¹ Uganda Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda. hskyobe@gmail.com.
² Makerere University Lung Institute, Kampala, Uganda. hskyobe@gmail.com.
³ Kellogg College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. hskyobe@gmail.com.
⁴ Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
⁵ Washington State University Global Health Program, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁶ Makerere University Lung Institute, Kampala, Uganda.
⁷ Departments of Pathology, Immunology & Molecular Biology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁹ Division of Infection and Global Health, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
¹⁰ Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
¹¹ Africa Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation, Kampala, Uganda.
¹² Busitema University, Tororo, Uganda.
¹³ Uganda Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda.
¹⁴ World Health Organization, Kampala, Uganda.

Henry Kyobe Bosa et al. Nat Med. 2023 Aug.

. 2023 Aug;29(8):1892-1893.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02395-4.

¹ Uganda Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda. hskyobe@gmail.com.
² Makerere University Lung Institute, Kampala, Uganda. hskyobe@gmail.com.
³ Kellogg College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. hskyobe@gmail.com.
⁴ Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
⁵ Washington State University Global Health Program, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁶ Makerere University Lung Institute, Kampala, Uganda.
⁷ Departments of Pathology, Immunology & Molecular Biology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
⁹ Division of Infection and Global Health, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
¹⁰ Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
¹¹ Africa Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation, Kampala, Uganda.
¹² Busitema University, Tororo, Uganda.
¹³ Uganda Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda.
¹⁴ World Health Organization, Kampala, Uganda.

No abstract available

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