Olivia Namusisi

Biographic Data

ID1405783
NAMEOlivia Namusisi
GIVEN NAMESOlivia
FAMILY NAMENamusisi
SIGNATURENAMUSISI O
AFFILIATIONSAfrican Field Epidemiology Network
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX0

  • Building a new platform to support public health emergency response in Africa

    Open AccessBen Masiira, Ldu Clad et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Public health emergency (PHE) response in sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by inadequate skilled public health workforce and underfunding. Since 2005, the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) has been supporting field epidemiology capacity development and innovative strategies are required to use this workforce. In 2018, AFENET launched a continental rapid response team: the AFENET Corps of Disease Detectives (ACoDD). ACoDD comprises fiel…

  • The need for innovative strategies to improve immunisation services in rural Zimbabwe

    Open AccessAddmore Chadambuka, Anderson Chimusoro et al.ARTICLEDisasters2012References: 13

    Gokwe South, a rural district in Midlands Province, Zimbabwe, reported the lowest rate of immunisation coverage in the country in 2005: 55 per cent of children vaccinated with three doses of diphtheria/pertussis/tetanus vaccine (DPT3) and 35 per cent dropout between the first and third dose of DPT. In January 2007, the authors assessed local barriers to immunisation and proposed strategies to improve immunisation rates in the district, in the fac…