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. 2024 Jul;30(7):1326–1334. doi: 10.3201/eid3007.231001

Table 1. Engagement of stakeholders linked to the priority populations for COVID-19 vaccination, Uganda, July–September 2021.

Category Stakeholders engaged Physical meeting Virtual meetings
Healthcare workers
Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council; Uganda Medical Association 9 members, including Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council Registrar and Uganda Medical Association President 70 doctors; 380 infection prevention and control specialists
Uganda Nurses and Midwives Councils; Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) UNMU President and Uganda Nurses and Midwives Councils Registrar 56 national executive committee personnel to the UNMU and chairpersons countrywide
Pharmacy Council; Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda; Allied Health Practitioners Council
15 members of the pharmacy council and Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda engaged in both virtual and physical session
80 pharmacists sensitized on COVID-19 vaccination
Teachers
Uganda National Teachers Union; Ministry 
of Education and Sports; Ministry
 of Local Government
Chairperson, commissioner, and permanent secretary
131 district education officers, 500 private school owners, private teachers association, faith-based schools
Security personnel
Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces; Uganda Police Force; Uganda Prison Services
5 personnel concerned with health and medical matters
Persons >50 years of age
Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development; members of parliament 
for persons >50 years of age; 
faith-based organizations
Supreme Mufti, church leadership, 3 members of parliament, and the state minister
47 members
Persons with underlying conditions Community Health and Information Network; Uganda Diabetes Association; Uganda 
Heart Institute; Uganda Cancer Institute; Uganda AIDS Control Program; corporate entities (Stanbic Bank, UMEME Limited, Diamond Trust Bank) 17 members