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Uganda Polio Surveillance Project: NSTOP field teams Conduct Active Search for Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) in Refuge hosting districts, Uganda
AFENET’s support in the mass Measles/Rubella-Polio Vaccination in Uganda
One on one interview with Dr Lazarus Kuonza – Program Director SAFELTP
AFENET residents, graduates and faculty were well represented at the TEPHINET Conference 28 October- 2 November 2019, under the leadership of the Ag. Executive Director- Dr. Simon Antara
DRC FETP ACoDD Team members conducting community surveillance and mapping to the Response to Ebola
DRC FETP ACoDD Team members conducting community surveillance and mapping to the Response to Ebola
ACoDD EVD teams making their way to hard-to-reach health centers in DRC
Dr Samuel OSINGA, ACoDD member being vaccinated during the Ebola Response in DRC
DIT training and field deployment for Mubende region, Uganda
ECOWAS Regional Consultative meeting for Advanced Field Epidemiology
ANGOLA TEAM VISIT SECRETARIATE AFENET

AFENET hosted a laboratory team from Angola on a bench marking exercise at UNHLS-CPHL from 30 Sept - 4 Oct 2019. Of interest are the different aspects of HIV Viral load testing and EID testing in Uganda.
AFENET Board of Directors’ visit the Secretariat

Polio Vaccination Campaign

Residents and alumni of the Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Program (GFELTP) supported national efforts of Round Zero and Round One of the Polio Vaccination Campaign which took place from 3 ...

Data Improvement Teams (DIT) training and field deployment in Mubende, Uganda

The Data Improvement Teams (DIT) strategy, held a 4-day training for health workers from Mubende, Nakasongola, Kiboga, Kyankwanzi, Mityana, Kassanda, Luwero and Nakaseke districts in Uganda. This was ...

UPDATES FROM SIERRA LEONE

On 13 September 2019, the Sierra Leone FETP team bid farewell to their Resident Advisor, Dr. Marta Guerra CDC. Commencement of FETP Intermediate Cohort III in Sierra Leone Cohort III Intermediate ...

UPDATES FROM ZAMBIA

Cohort III Advanced FETP Cohort III residents of Zambia Advanced FETP completed the six months classroom work at the University of Zambia and have all reported in their field sites. Prior to ...

Projects

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...