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72. The Performance of the COVID-19 District Task Forces in Uganda: Understanding the Dynamics and Functionality
- Author:
- Wilson Winstons Muhwezi, Jonas Mbabazi, Fred Kasalirwe, Phoebe Atukunda, Eugene Gerald Ssemakula, Oscord Mark Otile, Rebecca N. Mukwaya, and Walter Akena
- Publication Date:
- 12-2020
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE)
- Abstract:
- This report is an important assessment of the performance of the DTFs in implementing the COVID-19 pandemic containment plan. As the world is faced with the unprecedented challenges from COVID-19, the strain on many governments is extreme, and the impact on people all over the world continues to grow. Indeed, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the social and economic structures of service delivery with significant consequences on lives, livelihoods and general economic development. As part of the response mechanism to contain and manage the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Uganda instituted national and sub-national COVID-19 task forces to implement and manage the COVID-19 pandemic containment and recovery measures. The Presidential Decree on COVID-19 recognizes the Central Government's role in the provision of healthcare and security. District Taskforces (DTFs) were put in place to support Central Government's containment of COVID-19 and implementation of the GoU COVID-19 containment styrategies of case management, surveillance, health promotion, resource mobilization, enforcement of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and continued delivery of basic services.
- Topic:
- Governance, Public Health, Pandemic, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- Uganda and Africa
73. COVID-19 and Irregular Migration in the Mediterranean
- Author:
- Benjamin P. Nickels and Margo Shields
- Publication Date:
- 06-2020
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
- Abstract:
- Every year, tens of thousands of men, women, and children attempt to move—from East to West and from South to North—across the Mediterranean. This year, irregular migration across the Mediterranean is taking place during an unprecedented global coronavirus pandemic. How is COVID-19 affecting this year’s Mediterranean irregular migration and what should be done to manage this migration during the pandemic? On June 17, 2020, the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies brought together a diverse set of twelve practitioners and experts from Europe, Africa, the United States, and the Middle East to address this question. The following takeaways are informed by the discussion.
- Topic:
- Migration, Refugees, Humanitarian Crisis, Pandemic, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Europe, and Mediterranean
74. Global Health Security and Pandemics: Africa and COVID-19
- Publication Date:
- 04-2020
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
- Abstract:
- In this episode, Dr Simukai Chigudu (University of Oxford) and Professor Sophie Harman (Queen Mary University of London) discuss COVID-19 and Africa. They highlight that Africa is not a blank canvas in which the pandemic will play out in a uniform fashion and also question why the word ‘catastrophe’ is often used when discussing COVID-19 in relation to the African continent.
- Topic:
- Security, Public Health, Pandemic, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- Africa
75. Global Health Security and Pandemics: When Will This End? Lessons from the Ebola Response
- Publication Date:
- 04-2020
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
- Abstract:
- In this episode, Professor Sophie Harman (QMUL) discusses lessons that can be learned from the Ebola response in relation to COVID-19 with Daniel Kettor (Rainbo Initiative). He highlights, from his experiences of Ebola in Sierra Leone, that social behaviours towards the end of the COVID-19 pandemic will be crucial in ending transmission.
- Topic:
- Security, Ebola, Public Health, Pandemic, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- Africa and Sierra Leone
76. COVID-19: Lessons and Implications for Public Policy-Making Processes in Cameroon
- Author:
- Peter SAKWE MASUMBE
- Publication Date:
- 06-2019
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- The Nkafu Policy Institute
- Abstract:
- Public policies can rightly be viewed as a political system’s responses to public demands and problems arising from its environment in domains as, transportation, education, agriculture, health, law enforcement, security, business, and so on, depending upon whether a chosen policy approach falls within the armpit of constituent, distributive, re-distributive, regulatory policy type. Policy problems are conditions or situations, which generate a human need, deprivation or dissatisfaction, self-identified by a group or groups of people, for which relief is sought for a large number of people in society. On the contrary, it is not a policy problem if it affects only a few persons in society. Talking of the political system, it comprises the identifiable and interrelated institutions and their activities, otherwise known as governmental institutions and political processes, which authoritatively allocate values in form of decisions, which are binding upon society. Certainly, binding as these decisions are, and going by this view of public policies; what character of policy responses has Cameroon enunciated against COVID-19; and what are the lessons and implications of these responses on the human capital and economy Cameroon now in the future? Are the policy responses against COVID-19 akin to impromptu approach with weak physiognomies? Are there alternative policies open to Cameroon for combating COVID-19?
- Topic:
- Health, Health Care Policy, Public Policy, Coronavirus, Pandemic, Domestic Policy, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- Africa and Cameroon
77. Disease, Disaster, and Disengagement: Ebola and Political Participation in Sierra Leone
- Author:
- Benjamin Crisman
- Publication Date:
- 08-2017
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Afrobarometer
- Abstract:
- How do widespread public health crises affect political behavior? This article examines the impact of the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak on political participation in Sierra Leone. How do widespread public health crises affect individual attitudes and political behavior? Infectious diseases are ubiquitous in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and the intensity and frequency of outbreaks are increasing (Smith et al., 2014) and expected to continue to increase in the face of climate change (Altizer, Ostfeld, Johnson, Kutz, & Harvell, 2013), rising antibacterial resistance (Jones et al., 2008), and deforestation (Wolfe, Daszak, Kilpatrick, & Burke, 2005). In the case of Ebola virus disease (EVD), these outbreaks are becoming more deadly (Diehl et al., 2016). While the negative consequences of persistent disease burden on economic outcomes is well known, as in the case of malaria (Sachs & Malaney, 2002) or HIV/AIDS (Whiteside, 2002), the consequences of disease crises on political development is less clear. In this article, I explore the relationship between Ebola exposure in the West African Ebola outbreak and political participation using individual responses from Afrobarometer Round 6 (2015) survey data in Sierra Leone.
- Topic:
- Ebola, Public Health, Pandemic, and Participation
- Political Geography:
- Africa and West Africa
78. Social Accountability in Sierra Leone: Influencing for pro-poor WASH investment in the 24-month post-Ebola recovery planning
- Author:
- Oxfam Publishing
- Publication Date:
- 03-2017
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Oxfam Publishing
- Abstract:
- Oxfam is leading the Freetown WASH Consortium (FWC) programme in Sierra Leone, which aims to contribute to health improvement through specific pro-poor WASH interventions that are aligned to the government’s 24-month post-Ebola recovery planning. Oxfam’s strategy focuses on promoting citizen engagement and the translation of community needs into policies.
- Topic:
- Ebola, Public Health, Pandemic, and Community
- Political Geography:
- Africa and Sierra Leone
79. Transparency is More than Dollars and Cents: An Examination of Informational Needs for Aid Spending in Sierra Leone and Liberia
- Author:
- Aria Grabowski
- Publication Date:
- 09-2017
- Content Type:
- Research Paper
- Institution:
- Oxfam Publishing
- Abstract:
- Transparency in international aid is not just about fulfilling a requirement based on people’s right to access information, but also about making aid more effective. Transparency can help improve coordination and planning, enable accountability, and build trust. Accomplishing these goals can be a challenge when there are many partners involved in channeling funds through a complicated web of service delivery without clear public information explaining who did what where. This research looks at the information needed by in-country development stakeholders with an emphasis on accountability actors including civil society organizations, charities, government workers, and the media. To collect this information, semi-structured interviews were conducted in Sierra Leone and Liberia. The majority of interviewees wanted information about financial resources and the channels they flowed through, and all respondents wanted information on the services provided and where the work was happening subnationally, suggesting that these two sets of information may be the most important. Unfortunately, information on subnational locations and services provided is infrequently available through open aid data portals, implying a need to update what aid information is shared.
- Topic:
- Ebola, Transparency, Public Health, and Pandemic
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Liberia, and Sierra Leone