Marc Bosonkie

Dados Biográficos

ID7777693
NOMEMarc Bosonkie
PRENOMESMarc
SOBRENOMEBosonkie
ASSINATURABOSONKIE M
AFILIAÇÕESMinistry of Public Health
ORCID0009-0002-8679-179X
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2022
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2024
ÍNDICE H0

  • Schools of public health as a cornerstone for pandemic preparedness and response

    Open AccessRawlance Ndejjo, Honore Kabwebwe Mitonga et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2024

  • Improving testing capacity for Covid-19

    Open AccessMarc Bosonkie, Landry Egbende et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background: African countries leveraged testing capacities to enhance public health action in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper describes experiences and lessons learned during the improvement of testing capacity throughout the COVID-19 response in Senegal, Uganda, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Methods: The four countries' testing strategies were studied using a mixed-methods approach. Desk research on COVID…

  • Consequences of school closures due to Covid-19 in DRC, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda

    Open AccessRawlance Ndejjo, Andrew K Tusubiira et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    In 2020 and 2021, Governments across the globe instituted school closures to reduce social interaction and interrupt COVID-19 transmission. We examined the consequences of school closures due to COVID-19 across four sub–Saharan African countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda. We conducted a qualitative study among key informants including policymakers, school heads, students, parents, civil society represen…

  • Unintended consequences of implementing non-pharmaceutical interventions for the Covid-19 response in Africa

    Open AccessIssakha Diallo, Rawlance Ndejjo et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2023

    INTRODUCTION: The coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic is one of the most terrifying disasters of the twenty-first century. The non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) implemented to control the spread of the disease had numerous positive consequences. However, there were also unintended consequences-positively or negatively related to the nature of the interventions, the target, the level and duration of implementation. This article describes the uni…

  • Covid-19 surveillance in Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda

    Open AccessOlufunmilayo I Fawole, Segun Bello et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    All the four countries demonstrated a prompt public health surveillance response and adopted similar approaches to surveillance with some adaptations as the pandemic progresses. There is need for investments to enhance surveillance approaches and systems including decentralizing surveillance to the subnational and community levels, strengthening capabilities for genomic surveillance and use of digital technologies, among others. Investing in heal…

  • Private sector engagement in the Covid-19 response

    Open AccessSteven Ndugwa Kabwama, Suzanne N Kiwanuka et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2022