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A cross-sectional study involving 103 EPPRC members was carried out in Arua district, West Nile region, between the months of July and December 2014. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire, and the chi-square test was used to establish associations. Forty-eight percentage of EPPRC members showed a moderate level of preparedness, and only 39.8% of them had a moderate level of response. The performance drivers of preparedness and response were dependent on presence of a budget (<jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic>2\u2009=\u200910.281,<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.002<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>), availability of funds (<jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic>2\u2009=\u20095.508,<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.019<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>), adequacy of funds, (<jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic>2\u2009=\u200911.211,<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M3\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.008<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>), support given by health development partners (<jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic>2\u2009=\u200919.497,<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M4\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>), and motivation (<jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic>2\u2009=\u200920.065,<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M5\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>). Further, membership duration (<jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic>2\u2009=\u200913.776,<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M6\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>) and respondent cadre (<jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic>2\u2009=\u200912.538,<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M7\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.005<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>) had a significant association. Based on these findings, there is a big gap in the preparedness and response ability, all of which are dependent on the financial gap to the Committees. To this, funding for preparedness and response is a critical aspect to respond and contain an outbreak.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2019\/1437920","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,2,3]],"date-time":"2019-02-03T23:31:31Z","timestamp":1549236691000},"page":"1-8","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Performance of Epidemic Preparedness and Response Committees to Disease Outbreaks in Arua District, West Nile Region"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2019","author":[{"given":"Robert","family":"Afayo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Clarke International University, P.O. Box 7782, Kampala, Uganda"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Muzamil","family":"Buga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clarke International University, P.O. 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