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

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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)
Integrated Surveillance for COVID-19 and Polio

Dr. Ivan Nshabire- Epidemiologist MOH and Mr. Omitta Patrick- Surveillance Officer Tororo District reviewing registers at Iyolwa Health Facility during an intergrated COVID-19 and AFP surveillance activity.
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

Ghana residents respond to COVID-19 in Liberia

Liberia recorded its first COVID-19 case on 16 March 2020. The case-patient self- reported to the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL) on 15 March 2020. Sample was collected and tested ...

Ghana FELTP support to the Republic of the Gambia

Ghana FELTP 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 the COVID- 19 ...

Burkina Faso FETP in the response of COVID-19

Burkina Faso recorded the first case of COVID-19 on 9 March 2020. The Burkina Faso Field Epidemiology Training Program, (the Regional FETP that houses 8 other FETP programs) responded to the pandemic ...

Angola FELTP COVID-19 response activities

On 21 March 2020, Angola recorded the first two positive cases of COVID-19. Since then, under the guidance of the Minister of Health, a total of 14 residents of Cohort V of the Angola Field ...

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...