Uganda Yet to Get Community Messaging Right

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Uganda Yet to Get Community Messaging Right

[East African] Uganda is still struggling with public messaging as it battles Covid-19 community infections, nearly one month after announcing that the country had entered Phase Three of the pandemic, with rising cases throughout the month of June.

Source: allAfrica.com

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