Challenges for implementing Home-based care and measures to address these challenges during COVID-19 in Uganda
Authors/Creators
- 1. The Center for Rapid Evidence Synthesis
Description
Where did this Rapid Response come from? This document was created in response to a specific question from a policymaker in Uganda in 2022. It was prepared by the Center for Rapid Evidence Synthesis (ACRES) at the Uganda country node of the Regional East African Community Health (REACH) Policy Initiative.
Key messages
➔ Implementing Home-Based Care (HBC) in Uganda had challenges that barred optimizing the strategies’ benefits.
➔ The significant challenges highlighted include the inadequate training and education of the caretakers and community members on HBC and the financial constraints caused by the lockdown.
➔ COVID-19 was a very dynamic pandemic, it kept evolving under different circumstances, and this caused a lot of fear around the management of the disease.
➔ However, evidence has shown that multisectoral collaborations, adequate education and training, and support to various households provide suitable conditions for leveraging the HBC strategy in managing other pandemics with the same impact as COVID-19
Files
Home-based care brief.pdf
Additional details
References
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