AFENET Nigeria together with NCDC and other partners (US CDC, UNDP, WHO, UNICEF, University College London) constituted a small think tank made up of experienced epidemiologists, data managers, policy makers and other stakeholders to periodically examine the available data from the surveillance, surveys, and other sources in order to understand the pandemic and advice policy […]
State Operation Management team is a small technical team in the National EOC that is charged with the responsibility of following up with the various state governments on their preparedness and response activities and needs. The team mobilized and deployed epidemiologists to all the states that had not reported confirmed cases of COVID 19 to […]
AFENET through its staff deployment provided technical support to the Presidential Task Force in developing policies, guidelines and strategic direction. The deputy incident Manager for the technical arm of the PTF and the alternate lead for surveillance and Epidemiology functional pillar as well as the laboratory pillar were NFELTP graduates and AFENET Staff respectively. AFENET […]
AFENET supported the national EOC in identifying the required pool of trained epidemiologists, laboratorians, risk communicators, infection prevention and control experts, clinicians with requisite training in case management across all the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory. These special teams were sensitized, prepared and made ready for rapid deployment within 24-48 hours of reported cases […]
The Emergency Operations Center was activated following the confirmation of the first case of COVID-19 in Nigeria. The case was detected in Ogun State but taken to Lagos State for isolation and management with a trail of contacts in both states. The EOC was activated at National and State level to enhance coordination activities. The […]
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