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UPDATES FROM THE FIELD: AFRICAN FETPS’ INVOLVEMENT IN THE COVID-19 RESPONSE
Message from Dr Simon Nyovurra Antara – Director AFENET: COVID-19 and Staff Safety
AFENET is working with Ministries of Health to boost points of entry surveillence and contact tracing across 31 African Countries
AFENET is working with Ministries of Health to boost points of entry surveillence and contact tracing across 31 African Countries
GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTION OF COVID-19 IN PUBLIC PLACES
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation
Coronavirus outbreak: Ethiopia steps up prevention measures
Dr. Simon Antara - Director of AFENET and Prof Mufuta Tshimanga – Board Chairman, AFENET at the AGM on 28 February 2020 in Kampala, Uganda
AFENET Annual General Meeting(AGM) 28 February 2020 at Kampala Serena Hotel

A cross section of Program Directors: Dr Ernest Kenu - Program Director, Ghana FELTP, Dr, Cynthia Sema - Program Director, Mozambique, Dr. Loviness Urio – Representing Program Director Tanzania FELTP, Prof Mufuta Tshimanga - Program Director, Zimbabwe FETP and Board Chairman AFENET and Dr. Simon Antara - Director of AFENET at the AGM 28 February 2020 in Kampala
AFENET Annual General Meeting(AGM) 28 February 2020 at Kampala Serena Hotel
COVID- 19 How prepared is the African Continent
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Immunization Data Quality Improvement in Karamoja

A mother awaiting vaccination in Amudat District, Uganda during a DIT vaccination mentorship exercise in February 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Preparedness in Africa: The Role of African Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programs (FELTPs)
Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) situation reports
Partnership Against 2019-nCoV in Africa
Cohort 2018 Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program Graduation Ceremony

Mirembe Bernadette Basuta(in yellow), graduate of the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program being awared by Hon. Robinah Nabbanja - Minister of Health, Uganda
DIT training and field deployment for Moroto region

Dr. Kevin Mugenyi - Epidemiologist – AFENET making a presentation on the DIT program during the training in Soroti District, Uganda.
Resolution of Non compliant household head by the LGA Non Compliance Resolution Team at an NSTOP supported Demand Generation site. (Courtesy of AFENET Nigeria)

AFENET Secretariat support to the COVID-19 response in Uganda

As soon as the COVID-19 outbreak was declared in China on 7 January 2020, the Ministry of Health (MoH) started to prepare for possible spread of the outbreak to Uganda. During the preparedness phase, ...

South Africa Field Epidemiology Training Program

South Africa recorded its first COVID-19 case on 5 March 2020 and since then confirmed cases have risen to 1,280 with two (2) recorded deaths as of 30 March 2020. In an effort to curb the spread of ...

Zimbabwe Field Epidemiology Training Program

As of 30 March 2020, Zimbabwe had seven confirmed cases of COVID-19 and a single death. Four of the cases were imported, while three were contact cases. Therefore, the Ministry of Health and Child ...

Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (GFELTP)

The GFELTP with support from AFENET organized a 3-day workshop on the COVID-19 outbreak from 27 – 29 February 2020 at the University of Ghana School Of Public Health. The workshop was organized for ...

Projects

Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity Academia for Controlling Health Threats

1. What is GIBACHT? GIBACHT stands for Global Partnership Initiated Academia for Controlling Health Threats. It is sponsored by the Federal Foreign...

MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Background and scope of the M&E portfolio The Monitoring and Evaluation sub-unit was set up in August 2015 with the recruitment of the two staff...

RESEARCH UNIT

General scope, purpose and main assignments AFENET Research Unit supports the Grants Office in the function of resource mobilization and ensures that...

PAN AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL (PAMJ)

Background The Pan African Medical Journal (PAMJ) has been published in partnership with AFENET since 2008. During the last nine years, PAMJ has...

SCIENTIFIC WRITING

Background In March 2017, the AFENET board of directors made a resolution to strengthen scientific writing in member field epidemiology training...

DRC Measles and Rubella RDT Study

Project title: DRC Pilot study on a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) detection of measles and rubella infection and immunity Background This purpose of this...