Senegal: 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 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.

Host Institution:

Fondation Merieux

Total number of Fellows:

6

Duration:

Sep 2019 - Aug 2021

Value:

£400,000

Beneficiary Institutions & Fellowships:

AMR Laboratory Fellowship – Human Health, The National Public Health Laboratory of Thiès

• To train the fellow in laboratory diagnosis, data recording and interpretation, and laboratory systems which are appropriate to the AMR surveillance system in Senegal
• 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 at Laboratories Directorate, Ministry of Health and Social Action

• To provide training which strengthens epidemiology-related capabilities and competencies in AMR surveillance
• To support the fellow to make better use of AMR surveillance evidence to inform policies or actions to reduce AMR in Senegal
• To contribute to the sustainability of AMR surveillance in Senegal by developing training expertise and contributing to training programmes
• To preserve and trace the country’s AMR data notified

AMR Laboratory Fellowship – Animal Health at National Laboratory for Livestock and Veterinary Research

• To train the fellow in laboratory diagnosis, data recording and interpretation, and laboratory systems which are appropriate to the AMR surveillance system in Senegal
• To train and support the fellow in the maintenance and use of bio-repositories 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

AMR Surveillance Fellowship – Animal Health at Directorate of Veterinary Services – Division of Epidemiological Surveillance

• To provide training which strengthens epidemiology-related capabilities and competencies in AMR surveillance in DVS
• To support the fellow to make better use of scientifically robust AMR surveillance evidence to inform policies or actions to reduce AMR in Senegal
• To contribute to the sustainability of AMR surveillance in Senegal by developing training expertise and contributing to training programmes

AMU/C Surveillance Fellowship – Animal Health at Directorate of Veterinary Services – Division of Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine

• To provide training which strengthens epidemiology-related capabilities and competencies in AMU/C surveillance in DVS
• To support the fellow to make better use of scientifically robust AMU/C surveillance evidence to in-form policies or actions to reduce AMR in Senegal
• To contribute to the sustainability of AMR, AMU and AMC surveillance in Senegal by developing training expertise and contributing to training programmes

AMR Laboratory Fellowship – Food Security & Environment at Laboratory for Food Security and Environmental Hygiene

• To train the fellow in laboratory diagnosis, data recording and interpretation, and laboratory systems which are appropriate to the AMR surveillance system in Senegal
• To train and support the fellow in the maintenance and use of bio-repositories 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