We are dedicated to improving health outcomes of the communities we serve in liaison with ministries of health and other partners.
My single composite wish is that all countries will have access to opportunities to develop field epidemiology capacity at all levels to strengthen their health systems. That means increased investment in field epidemiology capacity development and that is critical for global health security.
Today, AFENET epidemiologists | ACODD members, alongside Advanced FETP Fellows from the Public Health Fellowship Program at the Uganda National Institute of Public Health (UNIPH), conducted Ebola surveillance strengthening and contact tracing activities at Nsonga Landing Site,
AFENET Epidemiologists/ AFENET Corps of Disease Detectives (ACoDD) joined the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) team from the Uganda Ministry of Health during an intervention to decontaminate a bar and lodge at Kuhuka Parish, Nsonga Point of Entry in Kyangwali Sub-county,
AFENET participated in High-Level Meeting on Cross Border Coordination for the Ebola Outbreak response
AFENET Director, Dr. Simon Antara, joined regional leaders and partners at the Africa CDC High-Level Ministerial Meeting on Cross-Border Coordination for the Ebola Outbreak
Regional collaboration continues to strengthen outbreak preparedness and immunization response efforts across Africa.
In Cameroon, a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) training supported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) brought together the Expanded Programme
🚨 25 AFENET Corps of Disease Detectives (ACoDD) have been deployed by the DRC Ministry of Health and DRC Field Epidemiology Training Program FETP to support the ongoing #Ebola response in Ituri Province.
The team will strengthen surveillance, contact tracing, alert
Read this: Factors predicting fatality among healthcare workers infected with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 2018 – June 2020
https://afenet-journal.org/10-37432-jieph-d-25-00072/
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