his dataset supports a realist-informed literature review examining mechanisms that contribute to or reduce vulnerability to cholera outbreaks in Uganda. The data were extracted from documents, including peer-reviewed articles, grey literature, and program evaluations. A six-stage data synthesis approach was used, guided by realist evaluation (Pawson & Tilley, 1997) and resilience frameworks (Blanchet et al., 2017).

The dataset includes:
1. An Excel matrix of 31 studies capturing Context–Mechanism–Outcome (CMO) patterns
2. Synthesized CMOC configurations
3. Thematic groupings of resilience and vulnerability mechanisms

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