COMAC
The COMAC study seeks to understand the spread and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable groups in Uganda.
Main content
Since March 2020, also Uganda has been facing the COVID-19 pandemic. A high urban population density and extensive and necessary social interaction along with challenging hygienic conditions are major challenges to the country’s battle against COVID-19. The COMAC study seeks to understand the spread and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable groups in Uganda. The project will have a particular focus on HIV-1 positive women and their babies.
The project is supported by the Research Council of Norway and CISMAC, the Uganda Virus Research Institute as well as the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) by virtue of our collaboration with the periCOVID project (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0290913).
Principal Investigator: Victoria Nankabirwa, Makerere University, Uganda, and University of Bergen, Norway
Co-Principal Investigator: Halvor Sommerfelt, University of Bergen, and Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
Research Article
Hookham, Lauren ; Cantrell, Liberty ; Cose, Stephen ; Freyne, Bridget ; Gadama, Luis ; Imede, Esther ; Kawaza, Kondwani ; Lissauer, Samantha ; Musoke, Phillipa ; Nankabirwa, Victoria ; Sekikubo, Musa ; Sommerfelt, Halvor ; Voysey, Merryn ; Le Doare, Kirsty. (2024). Seroepidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a cohort of pregnant women and their infants in Uganda and Malawi. PloS one, 2024-03, Vol.19 (3), p.e0290913-e0290913
