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Debate is raging as to whether Uganda can hold a scientific election, preceded by mass media and digital campaigns.

The relationship between the country’s security forces and the civilian population has always been uneasy.

Within already economically perilous border areas, informal cross border trade is even more vulnerable during a pandemic.

Uganda’s COVID-19 task force would do well to embrace pop music in its public health communications.

Uganda needs to activate the community engagement pillar and resource the new strategy that’s in place.

There are currently 1.2 million Ugandans enrolled on antiretroviral therapy (ART). They are especially affected by the lockdown.

The emergence of variants of concern with increased potential for transmission and more severe disease in the younger population could make Africa more susceptible to a severe COVID-19 epidemic.

The country has been praised for the humane treatment of its vast refugee population. Now questions arise about how it can continue to do so without without assistance from aid workers.

Countries must be encouraged to distribute essential healthcare provision - like diagnosis - to where people most need them and where they can be accessed more easily.

Lockdown measures may stop the spread of the virus. But they can also lead to a larger and more protracted public health crisis in the form of deprivation and hunger.