AWARDED BY RESOLVE TO SAVE LIVES and implemented in partnership with University of Abuja’s Centre of Circulatory Health AND Society for Public Health and Social Development The African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) has been awarded a highly competitive, two-year LINKS grant to address the burden of hypertension in Anambra state, Nigeria. The AFENET led consortium […]

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AFENET Nigeria attended and participated in the 2019 mid-year health system strengthening program review meeting in Kano State. The meeting which held on July 20, 2019 reviewed progress of the tripartite agreement between the Kano state government, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and Aliko Dangote Foundation. Hosted at the government house, the meeting was […]

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Nigeria, with a population of over 180 million and endemic for Wild Polio Virus (WPV), has not recorded any case of WPV for close to three years.

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Nigeria FELTP Cohort 10 residents recently completed Cluster 2. A total of 58 residents participated in this didactic session The practical and hands-on teaching methods emphasize the importance of field experience and facilitate the application of concepts learnt in the classroom.  The One Health concept which AFENET promotes is fostered during the clusters of lectures […]

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AFENET Nigeria is working closely with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to drive catalytic actions towards implementing the Regional Disease Surveillance System Enhancement (REDISSE) Project, with funding support from the RESOLVE To Save Lives (RTSL) initiative. With RTSL support, AFENET established an Implementation Support Unit (ISU) in NCDC whose main objective is to […]

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