
Community health workers trained, retooled to support Ebola response in Uganda
- by AFENET
A partnership involving the Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa CDC), African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), the Uganda Health ministry, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has seen the

Namibia conducts grant writing workshop
- by AFENET
In response to a global call to improve quality and sustainability of field epidemiology and laboratory training programs (FETPs/FELTPs), the Namibia FELTP program won and received the TEPHINET Quality Improvement

Burundi rolls out 20 frontline field epidemiologists as second cohort graduates
- by AFENET
Twenty residents in the second cohort of the frontline tier of the Burundi Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) graduated on October 26, 2022, following three months of training. This now

La formation des épidémiologistes s’inscrit bien dans les priorités du Ministère de la Santé Publique de Madagascar
- by AFENET
La première cohorte du programme de formation en épidémiologie de terrain de première ligne (FETP) de Madagascar, composée de 12 infirmières, six médecins et d’un technicien de laboratoire sélectionnés dans

“Training of epidemiologists aligns with the priorities of Madagascar’s Ministry of Public Health”
- by AFENET
Cohort I of the Madagascar Frontline FETP graduated on 14 October 2022. A total of 19 trainees comprising 12 nurses, six medical officers and one laboratory technician selected from 19

26 health workers in Chad embark on frontline field epidemiology training
- by AFENET
The Chad Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) has launched the third cohort of its frontline tier training program with a group of 26 health care workers drawn from the provinces