Monday 19th of April 2021 witnessed a new phase in Nigeria’s efforts in building epidemiologic capacity for outbreak response and general health security of the country with the commencement of the Intermediate level of the Nigeria Field Epidemiology Training Program (NFETP). The Intermediate FETP is a 9-month competency-based training implemented by the Nigeria Center for […]
Epidemiological research and knowledge sharing are among the fundamental goals of AFENET. This is evidenced by the long history of successful scientific writing workshops and publication in high impact peer-review journals. Between 10th to 14th of February 2020, AFENET Nigeria facilitated a manuscript writing workshop at the AFENET office. Sixteen residents and recent NFELTP graduates […]
The African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) led consortium, with support from the LINKS grants program, commenced the scale-up of the Community Action Against Non-Communicable Diseases (COMAAND) project in Anambra state, Nigeria with a stakeholders’ meeting held on the 24th of January 2020. COMAAND is a local initiative using community-based strategies to address hypertension as a […]
There were loud shouts of “AFENET again! AFENET again!!” during the medal presentation of The Federation of International Development Agencies Football (FIDAF) 2019, as AFENET dominated the games. The tournament is a biennial event for development partners by R&R Sports 9ja. The 2019 tournament held from Nov 16-23 at City Park, Abuja. The games have […]
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