The increasing number of outbreaks from epidemic and pandemic prone diseases is a serious public health concern to AFENET, WHO/AFRO and Member States. Among the proposed strategies to address this challenge is the development and implementation of effective surveillance and response systems for prevention, early detection and timely response to mitigate the impact of these outbreaks in the shortest time possible.
AFENET is working with WHO/AFRO in setting up a Rapid Response Virtual Team of Experts in various disciplines to be deployed at the shortest possible time to provide technical support and guidance to Member State (s) experiencing outbreaks at a particular time.
The team of experts currently in place comprises the following field categories:
· Biologists,
· Biostatisticians,
· Data managers,
· Entomologists,
· Epidemiologists,
· Laboratory Specialists (Virologists, Microbiologists, Bacteriologists and Pathologists),
· Logisticians,
· Medical/Clinical Specialists,
· Psycho-social experts/anthropologists.
· WATSAN Engineers,
AFENET is therefore requesting all the expert members in each of the above field of expertise to attach and send in softcopies of your CVs within the shortest time possible to AFENET secretariat to pool them in the database. The database is being established in partnership with WHO/AFRO.
Your timely response to this noble cause will be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Dr. Busuulwa Monday/ Medical Epidemiologist
Cell1: +256-785-609076
Cell 2: +256-752-609076
Email: mbusuulwa@afenet.net