NCDC, AFENET AND BREAKTHROUGH ACTION-NIGERIA COMMENCE MEDIA-EPIDEMIOLOGY, INFODEMIOLOGY AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR CHANGE (MEDIA-EIS) FELLOWSHIP IN NIGERIA. Background At the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, predictive models pointed to stark outcomes for Africa. Compounded by the verse spectrum of diseases on the continent and the fragile health care facilities and services, COVID-19 was expected to devastate […]

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ABUJA June 27, 2022 AFENET is conducting a 5-day manuscript writing workshop to provide hands-on mentorship to residents and graduates of the Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme (NFELTP). The main objective of the workshop is to strengthen the scientific writing capacity of the participants and produce submission-ready manuscripts drafted from their work in […]

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MALARIA SHORT COURSE : SECOND CLUSTER COMMENCES

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  • June 28, 2022
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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. […]

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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, […]

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BRIM NPHCDA BRIEF

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  • May 30, 2022
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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 […]

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