Joseph Francis Wamala

Biographic Data

ID7000154
NAMEJoseph Francis Wamala
GIVEN NAMESJoseph Francis
FAMILY NAMEWamala
SIGNATUREWAMALA J F
AFFILIATIONSWorld Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
ORCID0000-0002-9966-7790
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • High confidence and demand for hepatitis E vaccine during an outbreak in Bentiu, South Sudan

    Open AccessAybüke Koyuncu, Kinya Vincent Asilaza et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    In 2021 in response to an outbreak of hepatitis E in Bentiu internally displaced persons camp the South Sudanese Ministry of Health with support from Médecins Sans Frontières implemented the first-ever mass reactive vaccination campaign with HEV239 (Hecolin; Innovax, Xiamen, China). We conducted qualitative research to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to hepatitis E and the hepatitis E vaccine. We conducted 8 focus group discuss…

  • The implementation of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in Uganda

    Open AccessLuswa Lukwago, Miriam Nanyunja et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2013

    BACKGROUND: In 2000 Uganda adopted the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy, which aims to create a co-ordinated approach to the collection, analysis, interpretation, use and dissemination of surveillance data for guiding decision making on public health actions. METHODS: We used a monitoring framework recommended by World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-Atlanta to evaluate pe…

  • Assessment of core capacities for the International Health Regulations (IHR[2005]) – Uganda, 2009

    Open AccessJoseph Francis Wamala, Charles Okot et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2010

    The assessment highlighted critical gaps to guide the IHR(2005) planning process. The IHR(2005) action plan should therefore be developed to foster national and international public health security