Tanzania: Professional Fellowship 2
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Fellows Selected
Workplan Development Workshop
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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.
African Society for Laboratory Medicine
4
Mar 2021 - Feb 2022
£160,000
Beneficiary Institutions & Fellowships:
AMR Laboratory – Animal Health, Arusha Laboratory
- To train the Fellow in laboratory diagnosis, data recording and interpretation, and laboratory systems which are appropriate to the AMR surveillance system in Tanzania
- 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 – Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries
- 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 Tanzania
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMR surveillance in Tanzania by developing training expertise and contributing to training programmes
AMU/C Surveillance – Human Health, Benjamin Mkapa Hospital
- To provide training that will strengthen the Fellow’s ability to support AMU/AMC surveillance in the hospital and produce evidence of AMU practices in healthcare settings and communities in Tanzania
- To provide the skills required to design AMU surveillance and analyse data and results to inform policies or actions in Tanzania, which reduce the overuse of antibiotics
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMU surveillance in Tanzania by acquiring skills in training and implementing training programmes
AMR Clinical – Human Health, Bugando Hospital
- To provide training that will strengthen the Fellow’s ability to support AMR and AMU surveillance in Bugando Hospital
- To provide the skills required to interpret laboratory and other data to design AMR control strategies which can be used at Bugando Hospital and other sites
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMR and AMU surveillance by acquiring skills in training and implementing training programmes