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Felix Ocom is the Deputy Manager of the National Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, Ministry of Health, Uganda, and a member of COVID-19 Incident Management Team. Felix is a national trainer for the Uganda National Rapid Response Teams for public health emergencies, and Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response. He participates in the development, implementation, and evaluation of national public health emergency preparedness and response strategies, in line with International Health Regulations (2005). Felix has worked with the WHO (2016–2020) as a consultant epidemiologist, US CDC (2008–2012) as a public health specialist (HIV Biomedical Prevention), and in various positions in the public health sector in the Government of Uganda. Felix’s interests include public health emergency management and building resilient systems for public health emergency preparedness and response at community levels