
AFENET Board Chair Dr. Lazarus Kuonza Opens Regional One Health Mentors Workshop with a Call to Strengthen Cross-Sector Collaboration
- by AFENET
June 4, 2025 – Southern Africa Region Dr. Lazarus Kuonza, Chair of the AFENET Board of Directors and Director of the South Africa Field Epidemiology Training Program (SAFETP), officially opened

Strengthening One Health Mentorship in Southern Africa: A New Chapter in Field Epidemiology Training
- by AFENET
Johannesburg, South Africa – June 2, 2025 At the heart of Southern Africa, a powerful movement is underway. In the serene surroundings of the Indaba Hotel in Johannesburg, public health

AFENET Syndromic Surveillance Deployment at Namugongo Martyrs Shrine – 28 May 2025
- by AFENET
Team of Surveillance Officers deployed at Namugongo Martyrs Shrine On Wednesday, 28 May 2025, the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) deployed a team of eleven surveillance officers to Namugongo Martyrs

Advanced field epidemiology residents in Uganda identify 106 missed Mpox cases through community-level surveillance
- by AFENET
Fellows and their supervisors strategizing for house-to-house case investigation in Nyamityobora Parish During the entry meeting with Dr. Francis, FETP and LLP fellows (distinguished in their official jackets), engaged in

Guinée FEPT Frontline Renforcement de capacité des acteurs : Graduation de la 11ème cohorte de FETP Frontline de la République de Guinée à N’Zérékoré
- by AFENET
La onzième cohorte du programme de formation en épidémiologie de terrain de première ligne (FEPT Frontline) de la République de Guinée a débuté le 17 février 2025, avec le financement

Development of the National Mortality Surveillance Guidelines
- by AFENET
From 12th to 16th May 2025, the Ministry of Health’s Department of Integrated Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Public Health Emergencies, in collaboration with key development partners, hosted a five-day workshop to finalize Uganda’s National Mortality