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Fast-Tracking the Implementation of National Action Plan for Health Security (2018-2024) in Uganda: The Acceleration

Herbert Bakiika1, Immaculate Nabukenya1, Reuben Kiggundu1

  • 1Herbert Bakiika, MPH, BVM, PGDM&E, is a Senior Technical Advisor, NAPHS & One Health; Immaculate Nabukenya, PhD, Reuben Kiggundu MPH, MSc, MBChB, and Lydia Nakiire, MPH, FETP, are Epidemiologists; Godfrey Bongole and Geraldine Mukesha, MPH, are Monitoring and Evaluation Officers; Martha I. Achan, LLB, LLM, MPH, is a Legal Advisor; Justine Bukirwa, MBS, is a Technical Officer, Laboratory Systems; Gloria Namiya, BBA is an Administrator; Dathan M. Byonanebye, MD, PHD, is Deputy Head of Department; and Francis Kakooza, PHD, is Head of Department; all in the Global Health Security Department, Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda. Godfrey Bwire, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Commissioner; Harriet Mayinja is a Research Officer; Anne Nakinsige, MD, is Principal Epidemiologist; Sunday Kithula, MPH, MD, is a Senior Medical Officer; Allan Muruta, MPH, MD, is a commissioner; all in the Department of Integrated Epidemiology, Surveillance and Public Health Emergencies, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda. Betty Mbolanyi is Principal Environment Officer, Ministry of Water and Environment, Kampala, Uganda. Robert Mwebe, MVPM, BVM, is a Principal Veterinary Officer, and Rose Ademun, PHD, MVPM, BVM, is Commissioner of Animal Health; both in the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries, Entebbe, Uganda. Patrick Atimnedi, MVPM, BVM, is a Senior Veterinary Officer, Uganda Wildlife Authority, Kampala, Uganda. Timothy Lubanga is Commissioner, Monitoring and Evaluation Department; Aggrey Ngobi and Enid Mbabazi, MD, are Medical Officers; Roland B. Taremwa is a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist; and Emmanuel Turyatunga is an Assistant Commissioner; all at the Office of the Prime Minister, Kampala, Uganda. Issa Makumbi, MD, MSc, is Senior Advisor and Atek Kagirita MPH, MBS, BBLT is Manager, Public Health Emergency Operations Center, Kampala, Uganda. Henry Mwebesa, MPH, is Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda.

Health Security
|July 31, 2026
PubMed
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Uganda

Keywords:
Acceleration teamEpidemic management/responseInfectious diseasesInternational Health RegulationsJoint External EvaluationMultisectoral coordinationPublic health preparedness/response

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