Clinical Officers in Uganda: “The Pearl of Africa”
Keywords:
Uganda, Clinical OfficersAbstract
The Uganda CO profession was crafted by a gentleman named Sir Dr Albert Cook. Cook originally arrived in Uganda as a missionary in 1918, establishing Mengo Hospital, one of the oldest hospitals in East Africa. Cook went through extraordinary lengths to train Africans to become skilled medical workers, training African Medical Assistants (MA) at Mulago during World War I, opening a school for midwives at Mengo, and encouraging the opening of the first medical college. In 1929, the government took over the training of these professionals, which would be renamed in 1996 from the term “MA” to “Medical Clinical Officer” through the Allied Health Professionals Council Act CAP 268. Since then, COs have served on the front lines of multiple national pandemics including but not limited to Ebola, Marburg, Yellow Fever, Measles and Rift Valley Fever. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, COs have been assigned to various border points and surveillance facilities to assist in tracking, testing, and future vaccination of the country’s constituents. Also COs are also working at health center III in-charge of all managerial activities.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
Categories
License
Copyright (c) 2021 Annet Namugosa
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
The Social Innovations Journal permits the Creative Commons License:
CC Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0
Under the following terms:
-
Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
-
NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
-
NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Notices:
- You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation.
- No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material
Copyright and Publishing Rights
For the licenses indicated above, authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions.