Schools of public health as a cornerstone for pandemic preparedness and response: the Africa COVID-19 experience.

Autor: Ndejjo R; Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. rndejjo@musph.ac.ug., Mitonga HK; School of Nursing and Public Health, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia., Amde W; School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa., Lubega GB; Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda., Muula AS; Department of Community and Environmental Health, School of Global and Public Health, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi., Mariam DH; Department of Health Systems Management & Health Policy, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia., Kabwama SN; Department of Community Health and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda., Patrick SM; School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa., Haufiku D; School of Nursing and Public Health, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia., Amour M; Department of Community Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Bosonkie M; Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo., Mukama T; Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda., Bello S; Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria., Dwomoh D; Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Nja GME; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.; Department of Public Health, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kampala International University, Western Campus, Ishaka, Uganda., Bulafu D; Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda., Halake DG; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Umma University, Kajiado, Kenya., Frumence G; School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Leye MMM; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontology, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal., Katangolo-Nakashwa N; School of Nursing and Public Health, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia., Abaya SW; Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia., Diallo I; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontology, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal., Egbende L; Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo., Worku N; Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia., Bassoum O; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontology, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal., Mbunga B; Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo., Musoke D; Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda., Mohamed H; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Seck I; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontology, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal., Fobil J; Department of Biological, Environmental, and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Kiwanuka SN; Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda., Fawole OI; Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria., Mapatano MA; Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo., Alfven T; Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.; Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden., Gilson L; School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa., Syombua Muinde JV; Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway., van Marwijk H; Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex University Medical School, Sussex, UK., Lehmann U; School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa., Speybroeck N; Institute of Health and Society (IRSS), Louvain University (UCLouvain), Brussels, Belgium., Kaseje M; Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development, Kisumu, Kenya., Wanyenze RK; Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Publikováno v: Globalization and health [Global Health] 2024 Nov 21; Vol. 20 (1), pp. 82. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 21.