Institutional Strengthening of AFENET: Summary of Health Systems 20/20 Assistance: Year I
This report summarizes the first year of an activity to strengthen the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET). Established in 2005, AFENET’s objectives are to strengthen capacity in field epidemiology and laboratory training and practice, promote and support research activities, engage in advocacy, mobilize resources, and link public health professionals to organizations that address health problems that require expertise in field epidemiology. AFENET’s founding members are four schools of public health in Africa. These members have since been joined by other organizations in sub-Saharan Africa with field epidemiology training programs (FETP), and ministries of health that are in the process of developing their own FETP or Field Epidemiology Laboratory Training Programs (FELTP).
