Kenya: Professional Fellowship
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Fellows Selected
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The Professional Fellowship scheme aims to support the professional development of key practitioners in Fleming Fund countries, in both human health and animal health sectors, who play an important role in implementing AMR and AMU surveillance. The scheme will provide training, coaching and mentoring to improve fellows' skills and leadership capacity in gathering quality AMR diagnostic data, AMR and AMU data collection and management, analysis and use of surveillance results.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
5
Oct 2018 - Oct 2021
£450,000
AMR Laboratory Fellowship – Human Health, National Public Health Laboratory
- To train the Fellow in laboratory diagnosis, data recording and interpretation, and laboratory systems which are appropriate to the AMR surveillance system in Kenya
- To train and support the Fellow in the maintenance and use of biorepositories in reference and surveillance laboratories
- To train the Fellow in improved quality control in the laboratory, including supporting training and mentoring activities for others in the surveillance system
AMR Surveillance Fellowship – Human Health, National Public Health Laboratory
- To provide training which strengthens epidemiology-related capabilities and competencies in AMR surveillance in NPHL
- To support the Fellow to make better use of AMR surveillance evidence to inform policies or actions to reduce AMR in Kenya
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMR surveillance in Kenya by developing training expertise and contributing to training programmes
AMU/C Surveillance Fellowship – Human Health, Pharmacy and Poisons Board, National Medicine Regulatory Authority
- To provide training that will strengthen the Fellow’s ability to support AMU/AMC surveillance in PBB and produce evidence of AMU practices in healthcare settings and communities
- To provide the skills required to design AMU surveillance and analyse data and results to inform policies or actions in Kenya, which reduce the overuse of antibiotics
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMU surveillance in Kenya by acquiring skills in training and implementing training programmes
AMR Laboratory Fellowship – Animal Health, Central Veterinary Investigation Laboratory (CVIL), Directorate of Veterinary Services, Kabete
- To train the Fellow in laboratory diagnosis, data recording and interpretation, and laboratory systems which are appropriate to the AMR surveillance system in Kenya
- To train and support the Fellow in the maintenance and use of biorepositories in reference and surveillance laboratories
- To train the Fellows in improved quality control in the laboratory, including supporting training and mentoring activities for others in the surveillance system
AMU/C Surveillance Fellowship – Animal Health, Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Directorate of Veterinary Services
- To provide training that will strengthen the Fellow’s ability to support AMU/AMC surveillance by VMD for priority animal production systems and produce evidence of AMU practices
- To provide training that will strengthen the Fellow’s ability to improve the accuracy and completeness of AMC data reported by Kenya to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMU surveillance in Kenya by training expertise and implementing training programmes
Other grants
Country Grant › Kenya