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SHE DARED TO GO WHERE MANY WOULDN’T

When news of a COVID-19 patient in the district broke, Adjumani went into shock. Everyone panicked. Though being hundreds of kilometers away from the capital city, Adjumani was among the first districts to get a COVID-19 case. Immediately, the district leadership convened an emergency response meeting and made calls to health workers, but many initially shunned the call to duty. However, a nurse, Vicky Opia, immediately answered the call and started work that very day. More

Ivan Muguya