@article{Namugosa_2021, title={Clinical Officers in Uganda: “The Pearl of Africa”}, volume={8}, url={https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/1003}, abstractNote={<p>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.</p>}, journal={Social Innovations Journal}, author={Namugosa, Annet}, year={2021}, month={Jul.} }