The GFELTP which is the hub for training field epidemiologists in English speaking West Africa (with the exception Nigeria) has its residents and alumni involved in responding to this pandemic in the ...
The Burkina Faso FETP with support from AFENET and funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have offered continued support to the Ministry of Health since the first ...
The epidemiological situation of COVID-19 in Angola is characterized by a progressive increase in the number of confirmed cases and detection of the first 8 cases of local transmission, after an ...
In this interview conducted on May 2, 2020, AFENET Director Dr Simon Antara and Head of Programmes Dr Herbert Kazoora discuss the COVID-19 pandemic from an Africa perspective with London based ...
AFENET Corps of Disease Detectives (ACoDD) team members: Patricia Eyu and Aggrey Byaruhanga were deployed to conduct contact tracing for COVID-19, on 18 March 2020.
The confirmed case was a truck ...
From 30 March to 5 April 2020, epidemiologists at the AFENET Secretariat continued support to the Uganda Ministry of Health COVID-19 response. Uganda has recorded 55 confirmed cases to date with no ...
Following the declaration of COVID-19 in Uganda, fellows of the Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program (PHFP) – a partnership between the Ministry of Health, Makerere University School of Public ...
Rapid Assessment at the main points of entry in Mozambique
At the end February, 2020, seven graduates of the Mozambique FETP conducted a rapid assessment exercise at the main points of entry in five ...
Nigeria recorded its first COVID 19 case on 27 February 2020. COVID-19 has since been declared a global pandemic. The national effort to contain and manage the epidemic in Nigeria is led by the ...
Risk Perception Rapid Survey
A total of 41 graduates and trainees of the Intermediate FETP conducted a COVID-19 risk perception rapid survey in the 15 counties of Liberia. The exercise lasted for 8 ...
Ghana has confirmed a total of 834 cases with 9 deaths and 99 recoveries as 18 April 2020. Ghana FELTP residents and alumni are playing key roles in the COVID -19 response. Residents are serving ...
On 18 April 2020, Sierra Leone had recorded a total of 30 cases. Three Cohort XII residents and four alumni of the GFELTP are currently involved in the response to COVID-19 outbreak in Sierra Leone. ...
