ENHANCING THE CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF EPIDEMICS AND PANDEMICS IN WAKISO DISTRICT, UGANDA: EVALUATION OF A PILOT PROJECT

Abstract Background Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a crucial role in outbreak response, including health education, contact tracing, and referral of cases if adequately trained.A pilot project recently trained 766 CHWs in Wakiso district Uganda on epidemic and pandemic preparedness and response including COVID-19.This evaluation was carried o

Background: Certain riboviruses can cause severe pulmonary complications leading to death in some infected patients.We propose that DNA damage induced-apoptosis accelerates viral toor knives serpent release, triggered by depletion of host RNA binding proteins (RBPs) from nuclear RNA bound to replicating viral sequences.Methods: Information theory-b