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AFENET African Field Epidemiology Network

Disease Detectives Network for a Healthier Africa | Réseau de détecteurs de maladies pour l’Afrique plus saine

ACTIONS TO CONSIDER: FROM HOME TO THE WORKPLACE
AFENET, CRDF Global form partnership to strengthen Global Health in Africa
AFENET’s support to laboratory capacity strengthening during COVID-19

Public Health surveillance officers dressed in full PPEs taking samples from health workers at the frontline of the COVID-19
Interview: Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
Dr Kayita Godfrey, an epidemiologist with AFENET was being tested at Makindye Division among other health workers from the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) on 27 April 2020.
The safety of frontline health workers is critical to the fight against the Corona virus pandemic. Uganda is among other countries that is prioritizing the testing of health workers and surveillance officers involved in the response.
AFRICAN FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMS (FETPs) INVOLVEMENT IN COVID – 19 RESPONSE
CONTACT TRACING DURING COVID-19

Dr Joseph Magoola – Epidemiologist AFENET conducting an interview with a contact to a positive case for COVID-19 in Kampala, Uganda.
UPDATES FROM THE FIELD: AFRICAN FETPS’ INVOLVEMENT IN THE COVID-19 RESPONSE
Message from Dr Simon Nyovuura 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
Coronavirus outbreak: Ethiopia steps up prevention measures
COVID- 19 How prepared is the African Continent
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

Burkina Faso FETP continued support to the COVID-19 response

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 ...

Angola FELTP COVID-19 response activities

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 ...

Interview: Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

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 ...

ACoDD team conduct Contact tracing at Mulago Referral Hospital

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 ...

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...