Sierra Leone Intermediate FETP Orientation
On 16 September 2019, Sierra Leone FETP held an orientation for the recently enrolled Cohort III Intermediate FETP. The cohort comprised 15 trainees comprising health surveillance and laboratory and agriculture officers from the following locations: 4 national staff, 2 Bombali, 2 Koinadugu, 2 Kambia, 1 Kailahun, 2 Bonthe, 1 Bo, 1 Tonkolili and 1 Kenema district. Cohort III commenced with workshop one that covered introductory topics in epidemiology, after which they were deployed to conduct surveillance system evaluations in their respective work places.
AFENET, CDC strengthen sustainability of global health security in Sierra Leone
The AFENET team in Sierra Leone in collaboration with a team from the Secretariat, held the first strategic planning meeting from 19 -22 April 2022 to discuss the Sierra Leone cooperative agreement (CoAg) which is now in its second year of implementation for a 5-year timeline. The three-day meeting was held in Freetown to review last year’s performance and also plan for the next financial year, which will be the third year of implementation of this CoAg. AFENET was awarded this CoAg in 2020 and it will run till 2025. Titled Strengthening Sustainability of Global Health Security Objectives in Sierra Leone, the CoAg seeks to support workforce development, surveillance, expanded program on immunization, laboratory, port health, and emergency response to public health events. The strategic planning meeting was graced by the presence of the US CDC Deputy Director – Technical, Dr. Monique Foster, and the Workforce Development specialist, Dr. John Kamara). The AFENET secretariat team was led by Dr. Godfrey Kayita together with Finance Liason Mr. Harrison Mubiru and Monitoring & Evaluation specialist Mr. Humphrey Kabugo.