Uganda: Professional Fellowship

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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 mentoring and support to improve fellows' skills and leadership capacity in gathering quality AMR diagnostic data, AMR and AMU data collection, management and analysis and use of surveillance results.

Host Institution:

University of Edinburgh

Total number of Fellows:

6

Duration:

Nov 2018 - Mar 2021

Value:

£480,000

Beneficiary Institutions & Fellowships:

AMR Surveillance Fellowship - Human Health at Mbarara University of Science and Technology

• Produce scientifically robust evidence of AMR patterns in human bacterial infections from AMR surveillance data.
• Interpret this together with evidence from other sectors to inform future surveillance priorities within the human, animal and environmental health sectors.
• Inform policies or actions to reduce the incidence of AMR in Uganda.

AMR Surveillance Fellowship - Animal Health at National Animal Disease Diagnostic Epidemiology Centre

• Produce scientifically robust evidence of AMR patterns in animals from AMR surveillance data
• Interpret this together with evidence from other sectors to inform future surveillance priorities within the human, animal and environmental health sectors
• Inform policies or actions to reduce the incidence of AMR in Uganda

AMR Laboratory Fellowship - Human Health At Uganda National Health Laboratory Services

• To strengthen One Health AMR surveillance in Uganda by strengthening the accuracy of pathogen identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing results produced by Uganda National Health Laboratory Services and associated human health laboratories.

AMR Laboratory Fellowship – Animal Health at National Animal Disease Diagnostic Epidemiology Centre

• To strengthen One Health AMR surveillance in Uganda by strengthening the accuracy of pathogen identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing results produced by National Animal Disease Diagnostic Epidemiology Centre and the Mbarara Regional Veterinary Laboratory.

AMU Surveillance Fellowship – Human Health at Pharmacy Department, Ministry of Health

• Produce scientifically robust evidence of AMU practices in hospitals & other healthcare settings.
• Interpret AMU surveillance data together with evidence from AMR surveillance to inform future AMR and AMU surveillance priorities within the human, animal & environmental health sectors.
• Work with clinicians and other healthcare professionals to improve antibiotic prescribing practices.
• Provide data and results to relevant decision-making committees and technical working groups to inform policies or actions regarding responsible AMU to reduce the threat of AMR in Uganda.

AMU Surveillance Fellowship – Animal Health at College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources & Bio-security

• Produce scientifically robust evidence of AMU practices in the poultry and livestock production sectors.
• Interpret AMU and AMR surveillance data together to inform future surveillance priorities within the human, animal & environmental health sectors.
• Provide data and results to inform policies or actions regarding responsible AMU to reduce the threat of AMR in Uganda.
• Strengthen the accuracy and completeness of AMU data reported by Uganda to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).