Zambia: 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.
American Society for Microbiology
3
Dec 2019 - Jul 2021
£240,000
Beneficiary Institutions & Fellowships:
AMR Laboratory Fellowship – Human Health at Zambia National Public Health Institute,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 Zambia
- 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 Zambia National Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health
- 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 Zambia
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMR surveillance in Zambia by developing training expertise and contributing to training programmes
AMU Surveillance Fellowship – Human Health at Zambia Medicine Regulatory Authority, Ministry of Health
- To provide training that will strengthen the fellow’s ability to support AMU/AMC surveillance in ZAMRA 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 Zambia, which reduce the overuse of antibiotics
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMU surveillance in Zambia by acquiring skills in training and implementing training programmes
International Livestock Research Institute
3
Nov 2019 - Jun 2021
£240,000
Beneficiary Institutions & Fellowships:
AMR Laboratory Fellowship – Animal Health at Central Veterinary Research Institute, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock
- To train the fellow in laboratory diagnosis, data recording and interpretation, and laboratory systems which are appropriate to the AMR surveillance system in Zambia
- 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 Public Health Unit- Department of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock
- 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 Zambia
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMR surveillance in Zambia by developing training expertise and contributing to training programmes
AMU/C Surveillance Fellowship – Animal Health at Epidemiology – Department of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock
- To provide training that will strengthen the fellow’s ability to support AMU/AMC surveillance by DVS 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 Zambia to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMU surveillance in Zambia by training expertise and implementing training programmes
Other grants
Country Grant › Zambia
From Country Grant › Zambia, Zambia: Country Grant - phase 1 , Status: Complete
Country Grant › Zambia