AFENET@20 Nigeria Updates

Standout achievements over the past 20 years

• Ebola outbreak in 2014 stopped within 42 days.
• WPV polio transmission interruption in 2016
• Lead poisoning risks identified

Impact of FETP graduates in the country

• Over 500 advanced now in key positions centrally, subnational and Funding organization – powerful network
• Powerful and influential in many aspects of PH – communicable and NCD, multisectoral
• Wonderful mentors in country and supporting Africa CDC and other countries

Some of the key lessons learned over time

• Training alone will not improve surveillance and response architecture
• To truly step up IHR required competencies a system approach required to improve operations
• Supply chain and logistics complements and improves response
• Need for AFENET to be less FETP-centric to influence public health
• Diplomacy skills for collaborations required

 More from the country:

•  AFENET’s Impact in Yobe State: Advancing Immunization and PHC Systems 
• AFENET boosts zero-dose children in Nigeria’s Bauchi State
• Identification of a consistently missed settlement in Kano State Nigeria
• AFENET’s Impact on Measles and Rubella Control in Nigeria
• Empowering Nigeria’s Frontline with Field Epidemiology Expertise
• AFENET’s Ongoing Commitment to a Polio-Free Nigeria
• Leaving No Child Behind: AFENET’s Impact on Routine Immunization in Nigeria
• Key Achievements, and Milestones of AFENET @20 in Sokoto State, Nigeria
• AFENET’s Impact on Strengthening Routine Immunization Data in Nigeria
• Maintained Certification Standard for AFP Surveillance
• Advancing Vaccine Safety in Nigeria: A Landmark in Surveillance Strengthening