In an effort to fight the current pandemic right from the grass root level, government has launched a national community engagement strategy response to Covid-19 in all villages country wide.
Under this new Covid-19 control strategy, all village community health workers working with the village health teams will be paid a monthly allowance of Shs 100,000.
During the launch of the new strategy, the prime minister, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda said the objective of this strategy is to ensure that all people in Uganda are made aware, are well empowered and seen actively participating in the prevention and control of Covid-19.
Through this strategy, individuals as well as communities will be empowered to fight the disease by strengthening the existing structures.
“In the new strategy, much will be achieved once all citizens acknowledge the fact that it is both their duty and right as Ugandans to participate actively using existing structures, systems and resources as much as possible,” he said.
He also noted that the implementation of the strategy marks a milestone in the response to Covid-19 in the country and called upon all Ugandans to join hands in the fight against the pandemic.
“We are formally calling upon as well as handing over the ownership and responsibility to control this pandemic to individual Ugandans, to individual households, to individual communities. This is power to the people to defeat Covid-19,” he said.
“The Minister of State for Primary Health Care, Dr. Joyce Moriku Kaducu, highlighted the main aim of the new strategy as establishing a strong people centered and integrated community primary health care programme at grass root level countrywide.
“This strategy is empowering the households to be responsible and accountable to their own health since it targets the community and the household members, “she said.
