Eswatini: 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.
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6
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£360,000
Beneficiary Institutions & Fellowships:
AMR Laboratory Fellowship – Human Health, Eswatini Health Laboratory Services, Mbabane Government Hospital
- To train the Fellow in laboratory diagnosis, data recording and interpretation, and laboratory systems which are appropriate to the AMR surveillance system in Eswatini
- 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 management systems in the laboratory, including supporting training and mentoring activities for others in the surveillance system
AMR Surveillance Fellowship – Human Health, Epidemiology and Disease Control Unit, Ministry of Health
- To provide training which strengthens epidemiology-related capabilities and competencies in AMR surveillance in MoH
- To support the Fellow to make better use of AMR surveillance evidence to inform policies or actions to reduce AMR in Eswatini
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMR surveillance in Eswatini by developing training expertise and contributing to training programmes
AMU/C Surveillance Fellowship – Human Health, Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Ministry of Health
- To provide training that will strengthen the Fellow’s ability to support AMU/AMC surveillance in MoH 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 Eswatini, which reduce the overuse of antibiotics
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMU surveillance in Eswatini by acquiring skills in training and implementing training programmes
AMR Laboratory Fellowship – Animal Health, Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL), Department of Veterinary and Livestock Services
- To train the Fellow in laboratory diagnosis, data recording and interpretation, and laboratory systems which are appropriate to the AMR surveillance system in Eswatini
- To train and support the Fellow in the maintenance and use of biorepositories in reference and surveillance laboratories
- To train the Fellow in managing and maintaining a reliable stock management system of reagents and consumables
- 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, Epidemiology Unit, Department of Veterinary and Livestock Services
- To provide training which strengthens epidemiology-related capabilities and competencies in AMR surveillance in DVLS
- To support the Fellow to make better use of scientifically robust AMR surveillance evidence to inform policies or actions to reduce AMR in Eswatini
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMR surveillance in Eswatini by developing training expertise and contributing to training programmes
- To contribute to the development and use of a Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) at CVL and the Food Hygiene Laboratory
AMU/C Surveillance Fellowship – Animal Health, Department of Veterinary and Livestock Services
- To provide training that will strengthen the Fellow’s ability to support AMU/AMC surveillance by DVLS 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 Eswatini to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMU surveillance in Eswatini by training expertise and implementing training programmes