Uganda: Walking Through the Rough, Smooth Road of Covid-19 Treatment

It's slightly more than a year since Covid-19 broke out in Uganda, claiming at least 334 lives. Some coronavirus patients remain in hospital and thousands of survivors are battling its after-effects, including stigma. The world is different. And the disruptions to our lives and livelihoods are massive. In this 14th and final instalment of our series marking one-year of the pandemic, senior consultant William Ofuti Worodria, the first head of the national Covid-19 Case Management, narrates the fear and lack of protective equipment during the initial response, and how a strong leadership by President Museveni and Health ministry rowed Uganda through the storm with comparably limited damage.

Walk us through the first days of Uganda's response to Covid-19 as you sat at the apex of national case management. What was that experience like?

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