Implementation of the World Health Organization Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System in Uganda, 2015-2020: Mixed-Methods Study Using National Surveillance Data

Susan Nabadda   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Francis Kakooza   ^{2, 3 *} , MSc ;   Reuben Kiggundu   ^{2, 4} , MPH ;   Richard Walwema   ² , MSc ;   Joel Bazira   ⁵ , PhD ;   Jonathan Mayito   ² , MD ;   Ibrahimm Mugerwa   ^{1, 6} , BSc ;   Musa Sekamatte   ⁶ , MPH ;   Andrew Kambugu   ² , MD ;   Mohammed Lamorde   ² , MD, PhD ;   Henry Kajumbula   ^{6, 7} , MD ;   Henry Mwebasa   ^{1, 6} , MD

¹ Laboratory and Diagnostics Services Department, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

² Global Health Security Department, Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda

³ Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

⁴ United States Agency for International Development Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services Program, Management Sciences for Health, Kampala, Uganda

⁵ Department of Medical Microbiology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

⁶ Antimicrobial Resistance Sub-Committee, National One Health Platform, Kampala, Uganda

⁷ Department of Medical Microbiology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

*these authors contributed equally