Malawi: 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.
University of Edinburgh
6
Nov 2019 - Apr 2021
£480,000
Beneficiary Institutions & Fellowships:
AMR Laboratory Fellowship – Human Health at National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Ministry of Health
- To train the Fellow in laboratory diagnosis, data recording and interpretation, and laboratory systems which are appropriate to the AMR surveillance system in Malawi
- To train and support the Fellow in the maintenance and use of bio-repositories 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 at Public Health Institute of Malawi, Ministry of Health
- To provide training which strengthens epidemiology-related capabilities and competencies in AMR surveillance in the Public Health Institute of Malawi
- To support the Fellow to make better use of AMR surveillance evidence to inform policies or actions to reduce AMR in Malawi
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMR surveillance in Malawi by developing training expertise and contributing to training programmes
AMU/C Surveillance Fellowship – Human Health at Pharmacy, Medicines & Poisons Board, Ministry of Health
- To provide training that will strengthen the Fellow’s ability to support AMU/AMC surveillance in the Pharmacy, Medicines & Poisons Board 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 Malawi, which reduce the overuse of antibiotics
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMU surveillance in Malawi by acquiring skills in training and implementing training programmes
AMR Laboratory Fellowship – Animal Health at Central Veterinary Reference Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development
- To train the Fellow in laboratory diagnosis, data recording and interpretation, and laboratory systems which are appropriate to the AMR surveillance system in Malawi
- 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 – Animal Health at Department of Livestock and Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development
- To provide training which strengthens epidemiology-related capabilities and competencies in AMR surveillance in Department of Livestock and Animal Health
- To support the Fellow to make better use of scientifically robust AMR surveillance evidence to inform policies or actions to reduce AMR in Malawi
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMR surveillance in Malawi by developing training expertise and contributing to training programmes
AMU/C Surveillance Fellowship – Animal Health at Epidemiology – Department of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development
- To provide training that will strengthen the Fellow’s ability to support AMU/AMC surveillance by Department of Livestock and Animal Health 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 Malawi to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMU surveillance in Malawi by training expertise and implementing training programmes
Other grants
Country Grant › Malawi