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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

Supporting the COVID-19 response in Uganda through implementation of the home-based care strategy
World Field Epidemiology Day
Polio Response activities in DRC
Rapid mortality surveillance for COVID-19 in West Africa
3rd Ghana FELTP Scientific Conference and Competency graduation
FETPS are playing a critical role in the COVID-19 pandemic response
Nigeria FELTP holds cluster 2 training for cohort XI residents
COVID-19 Symptom Data Challenge seeks entries
FETP 40th Anniversary: Dr Antara shares his reflections on the program
Updates from the field Vol. 5
CDC BOOSTS AFENET COVID-19 LABORATORY WORK

Capacity Development: AFENET team led by Mr. Davis Ashaba during support supervision in a laboratory in Angola
1st International Conference on Public Health in Africa
Champions of the Ebola response in DR Congo
Dr. Endie Waziri – Crossing a river in Nigeria to vaccinate children against polio
Nigeria conducts state trainings on infection control; AFENET offers technical support
Call For Papers
End of the 10th Ebola outbreak in DRC: An FETP milestone
AFENET surveillance teams monitoring the spraying of truck driver before entering Uganda at Mutukula(Uganda - Tanzania) Border
COVID-19 Surveillance at Lyolwa Health Center III in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda
Podcast: Dr. Issa Makumbi, the Director of Uganda's Public Health Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

Champions of the DR Congo Ebola Response - Part 2

Celebrating doctors Lwamba and Djamba DR Congo has experienced recurrent Ebola Virus Disease outbreaks, and this has left the health system struggling to contain these epidemics. However, thousands ...

Champions of the Ebola response in DR Congo - Part 1

Celebrating Epidemiologists Anta and Ayumuna June 25 marked the end of the 10th outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to a statement issued ...

Nigeria conducts state trainings on infection control; AFENET offers technical support

The World Health Organisation defines infection prevention and control (IPC) as a scientific approach and practical solution designed to prevent harm caused by infection to patients and health ...

Using community engagement for effective case isolation and contact tracing

The Accra Metropolitan Area is one of the districts in the Greater Accra Region which first reported community transmission of COVID-19 on March 25, 2020. As the number of cases kept increasing and ...

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...