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 […]
The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed inLagos State on the 27th February 2020. This necessitated the deployment of NFELTP residents and graduates to support the outbreak response. Lagos State based residents and graduates were deployed and a senior epidemiologist from AFENET initially. As the number of COVID-19 cases increased, additional residents and graduates were […]
AFENET supported the selection, training, and deployment of a team of epidemiologists, infection control and prevention experts and laboratorians to the major international points of entry in Nigeria (Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano) as part of enhance surveillance for the outbreak of COVID-19 in Nigeria. They were involved in the screening of inbound air […]
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