The deadly pandemic hit the world late last year in china and has since then moved all over to the whole world. Uganda registered her first case of covid 19 on 21st March 2020 and since then the cases have up to date raised to 55. There has been though a great management in Uganda that has led to now 28 recoveries of the patients. Due to the numerous measures especially the lock down GEDA Uganda also closed her physical office and currently staff work from home online. GEDA Uganda has since been doing a lot of information dissemination through radio programs, running radio messages/jingles in the local languages on the local radio stations, social media to sensitise the communities where they work about covid 19 and the preventive measures. These have been appreciated by several communities listening in to these programs. GEDA Uganda is in arrangement currently to do more information dissemination especially on Gender based violence related cases since these have reportedly increased during these days of lock down. As GEDA-Uganda this is one of the core mandates to tackle. GEDA Uganda hopes to also engage the local community mega phones for information dissemination. These are owned in the communities and highly listened to for information dissemination. We also continue to encourage everyone to stay home, wash hands regularly, keep social distancing and avoid touching the soft parts (mouth, eyes and nose) Together the virus will be defeated.
The deadly pandemic hit the world late last year in china and has since then moved all over to the whole world. Uganda registered her first case of covid 19 on 21st March 2020 and since then the cases have up to date raised to 55.
There has been though a great management in Uganda that has led to now 28 recoveries of the patients.
Due to the numerous measures especially the lock down GEDA Uganda also closed her physical office and currently staff work from home online.
GEDA Uganda has since been doing a lot of information dissemination through radio programs, running radio messages/jingles in the local languages on the local radio stations, social media to sensitise the communities where they work about covid 19 and the preventive measures.
These have been appreciated by several communities listening in to these programs.
GEDA Uganda is in arrangement currently to do more information dissemination especially on Gender based violence related cases since these have reportedly increased during these days of lock down. As GEDA-Uganda this is one of the core mandates to tackle.
GEDA Uganda hopes to also engage the local community mega phones for information dissemination. These are owned in the communities and highly listened to for information dissemination.
We also continue to encourage everyone to stay home, wash hands regularly, keep social distancing and avoid touching the soft parts (mouth, eyes and nose)
Together the virus will be defeated.
