ABUJA June 27, 2022 The second cohort of trainees of the Malaria Short Course commence the second cluster of didactic sessions. Today, they present their field work to their peers and instructors. The Malaria Short Course is a three-month competency-based, mentored, in-service training to primarily build the capacity of sub-national malaria programme managers in Nigeria. […]
Between 23rd – 27th of May 2022, the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) in conjunction with the United States President’s Malaria Initiative and the National Malaria Elimination Programme, (NMEP) successfully conducted the first cluster of the Frontline Malaria Short Course for Cohort Two Residents. Topics taught in the cluster include Basic malariology, Epidemiology of malaria, […]
On 26th May 2022, the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) team paid an advocacy visit to the leadership of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA)to introduce the project titled “Building a Resilient Infection Prevention and Control Program in Nigeria through comprehensive Multi-level interventions (BRIM)”. The BRIM project, the phase III of the Health […]
Ten epidemiologists, 1 data specialist and an admin officer were deployed to support the response in Kano . The team members were drafted to support various pillars from coordination, surveillance, point of entry, IPC, case management and social mobilization pillars. The AFENET team members gave specific support as follows : As part of the State […]
AFENET Nigeria provided technical support to the research and documentation process throughout the COVID response. The experts provided by AFENET were instrumental to the conceptualization, initial drafting and review of the various documentation efforts including article publication in high-impact reputable peer-review journals. These were aimed at sharing the national response experience with other countries and […]
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