Timor-Leste: 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.
Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne
7
June 2019 - August 2021
£560,000
Beneficiary Institutions & Fellowships:
AMR Surveillance Fellowship – Human Health at Surveillance Department, Directorate of Public Health
- To strengthen the fellow’s capability to compile and review evidence, advise on policies and programmes on AMR in the human health sector
- To develop leadership skills in AMR epidemiology, policy and practice
AMR Laboratory Fellowship – Human Health at National Health Laboratory
- To train the fellow in laboratory diagnosis, data recording and interpretation, and laboratory systems which are appropriate to the AMR surveillance system in Timor-Leste
- 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
AMU/C Surveillance Fellowship – Human Health at National Hospital of Guido Valadares
- To provide training that will strengthen the fellow’s ability to support AMU/AMC surveillance in NHGV 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 Timor-Leste, which reduce the overuse of antibiotics
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMU surveillance in Timor-Leste by acquiring skills in training and implementing training programmes
AMU/C Surveillance Fellowship – Human Health at Directorate of Pharmacy and Medicine
- To provide training that will strengthen the fellow’s ability to support AMU/AMC surveillance in Dir. Pharmacy and Medicine 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 Timor-Leste, which reduce the overuse of antibiotics
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMU surveillance in Timor-Leste by acquiring skills in training and implementing training programmes
Effective Laboratory Management Fellowship – Human Health at National Health Laboratory
- To strengthen capability in procurement and advanced laboratory procedures
- To strengthen laboratory quality management systems including the purchasing, calibration, and maintenance of equipment, and cataloguing for reagents and other consumables
- To strengthen the quality control programmes in NHL and VDL (e.g. ATCC strains, antibiotic disks, SOPs, bench guidelines) and keeping records of all results
AMR Laboratory Fellowship – Animal Health at National Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
- To train the fellow in laboratory diagnosis, data recording and interpretation, and laboratory systems which are appropriate to the AMR surveillance system in Timor-Leste
- 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 National Directorate of Veterinary
- To provide training which strengthens epidemiology-related capabilities and competencies in AMR surveillance in Dir. Veterinary
- To support the fellow to make better use of scientifically robust AMR surveillance evidence to inform policies or actions to reduce AMR in Timor-Leste
- To contribute to the sustainability of AMR surveillance in Timor-Leste by developing training expertise and contributing to training programmes