This webinar will focus on an overview of Field Epidemiology Training Programmes (FETP) in Africa and how they help support public health surveillance, field epidemiology, and response activity within ministries of health. Bonheur Dounebaine is a Medical Epidemiologist with nearly 15 years of experience in Africa and the United States,…
This webinar will focus on the progress made in eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Zimbabwe. It will highlight the integration of public health interventions with community engagement to achieve NTD elimination. Dr Pfavayi, who has done extensive work in the field of NTDs, particularly in pediatric schistosomiasis, will share…
Under heavy rains yet high spirits, an “EMT Readiness Training” was implemented as a joint Twinning activity between the EMT of Muhammadiyah Disaster Management Centre (MDMC) in Indonesia and the WHO classified German EMT International Search and Rescue (ISAR Germany). It was supported by the team of…
Within the GHPP-project SENSE (Strengthening National Immunisation Technical Advisory Groups and their evidence-based decision making in the WHO European Region and globally), the project team from the Immunisation Unit, STIKO (FG33) at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) welcomed international guests on 10 and 11 December 2024. The 11 delegates from…
The Global Evidence Summit hosted in Prague from 10 to 13 September 2024 aimed to provide a multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural platform to exchange delegates’ and speakers’ ideas. The work presented included how to produce best, summarise and disseminate evidence to inform policy and practice and use…
The Participatory Approach to Learning in Systems (PALS) is an innovative approach that is applied in Nigerian healthcare settings to improve infection prevention and control (IPC) practices. It does so by mobilising, enabling and empowering healthcare workers at the facility level to become Change Agents. The approach recognises IPC improvement…
Within the GHPP-project SENSE (Strengthening National Immunisation Technical Advisory Groups and their evidence-based decision making in the WHO European Region and globally), the unit FG 33 welcomed a delegation of the Kyrgyz National Immunisation Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin from the 9 to 10…
The upcoming webinar with Dr Abdalla provides a glimpse into the field of anthropology and its subfield medical anthropology. It explores their role in providing an understanding of health and illness through a cultural and social lens. It will delve into qualitative methods, especially ethnography and interviews and how they…
On 27 September 2024, the Rwandan government announces an outbreak of Marburg fever – primarily affecting healthcare staff in clinics. The World Health Organization (WHO) responses quickly by supporting the government in managing the outbreak. An operation centre is set up as well as various ‘pillars’, in which,…