Study update: Dial COVID - March 2021
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March
2021
Output type
Research brief
Location
Uganda
Focus areas
COVID-19
Topics
COVID-19
Programme
Humanitarian Research
Organisations
University of Washington
This study update shares preliminary results of an R2HC study, which aims to assess uptake and validate a mobile telephone surveillance and mitigation tool (“Dial-COVID”) in refugee settlements in Uganda. The study also aims to understand refugees’ COVID-19 knowledge, risk perceptions, and barriers/facilitators to prevention and control measure adoption. Research is led by University of Washington with Infectious Diseases Institute and other partners.
The key takeaways of these preliminary findings are:
- Dial-COVID is accessed by both refugees and Ugandan nationals (internally displaced and not) living within refugee settlements and outside refugee settlements.
- Through Dial-COVID, we can disseminate public health information to hard-to-reach populations including refugees living in different refugee settlements in all four regions of Uganda.
- 57% of participants calling in to Dial-COVID report symptoms or an exposure that could be consistent with COVID-19 disease.
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