Report of the Annual Meeting of the Participatory Epidemiology Network in Uganda (PENU)

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Saskia Hendrickx • Leave a comment

Dr James Bugeza, Secretary of the Participatory Epidemiology Network in Uganda (PENU) shared the attached report of the PENU annual meeting today. The meeting was held at Esella Country Hotel – Kira Town Council Wakiso District on December 11, 2013. Participants included representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Ministry of Health, local government and … Continue reading →

CRP4 / Emerging Diseases / Epidemiology / FSZ / ILRI / PENAPH

Glossary of participatory epidemiology terms

Posted on August 9, 2013 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

The Participatory Epidemiology Network for Animal and Public Health (PENAPH) just released a glossary of participatory epidemiology terms. The glossary was compiled by Jeanne Coffin and Syed Noman Ali and can be downloaded at http://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/33352 Continue reading →

Animal Health / Disease Control / Epidemiology / Livestock / PENAPH

First announcement: PENAPH technical workshop 2012

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Jeff Mariner • 2 Comments

The Participatory Epidemiology Network for Animal and Public Health (PENAPH) is a partnership of organizations and individuals that seek to facilitate the continued development and application of participatory methods in epidemiology. PENAPH partners include animal health and public health organizations committed to one health and ecohealth approaches. The overall goal of PENAPH is to enhance … Continue reading →

Epidemiology / PENAPH

Empowering national and regional stakeholders: Renewed funding for PENAPH

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Jeff Mariner • Leave a comment

Good news! PENAPH has received renewed funding from the Rockefeller Foundation under the title Empowering National and Regional Stakeholders. The grant has three main components. The first is modest allocations to support individuals to complete mentored PE studies as part of the training process to obtain certification as a PE partitioners. The second is small … Continue reading →

Animal Health / Epidemiology / Surveillance

Institutional Analysis to Enhance Performance of Surveillance Systems

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Jeff Mariner • Leave a comment

The 9 PENAPH partners have prepared a discussion paper on institutional approaches to surveillance systems that has been selected for presentation at the International Conference on Animal Health Surveillance to be held in Lyon France on May 2011. The following is an introduction to the paper. Globally, it is recognized that effective health surveillance plays … Continue reading →

Animal Health / Asia / Epidemiology / Livestock

Participatory disease surveillance in Armenia

Posted on February 23, 2011 by ILRI Communications • Leave a comment

This week, Syed Noman Ali provides an update on some work by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and others to introduce participatory epidemiology to strengthen animal disease surveillance and control of Zoonotic diseases including highly pathogenic avian influenza in Armenia. Read the blogpost Continue reading →

Asia / Disease Control / Epidemiology / PENAPH

PE introductory training at Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Saskia Hendrickx • 1 Comment

Collaboration between the Participatory Epidemiology Network for Animal and Public Health (PENAPH) and the Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Chiang Mai, Thailand regarding participatory epidemiology (PE) has taken place since 2009. After a short briefing course on PE in March 2010 by Dr Jeff Mariner from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), … Continue reading →

AFENET / Africa / Capacity Strengthening / Epidemiology / PENAPH / Public health

Introduction to participatory epidemiology for Ugandan FELTP fellows

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Saskia Hendrickx • 4 Comments

A first introductory course in participatory epidemiology (PE) was organized by the Participatory Epidemiology Network for Animal and Public Health (PENAPH) and the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) between 15 and 25 March 2010 in Arua, Uganda. The nineteen participants were second year students from the Ugandan Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Program (FELTP) and teaching … Continue reading →

Animal Health / Capacity Strengthening / Epidemiology / PENAPH / West Africa

Participatory epidemiology trainers meet up in Togo

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Saskia Hendrickx • Leave a comment

Training course for trainers in Participatory Epidemiology for Francophone countries in West Africa A 5-day training course for trainers in Participatory Epidemiology (PE) was held in Lomé (Togo) from 25 until 29 of January 2010. The 11 participants were selected from the 29 Participatory Disease Surveillance (PDS) practitioners trained in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire … Continue reading →

Animal Health / Capacity Strengthening / Disease Control / Epidemiology / PENAPH / West Africa

Training course for trainers in Participatory Epidemiology, Lomé (Togo) 25 – 29 January 2010

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Saskia Hendrickx • Leave a comment

A 5-day training course for trainers in Participatory Epidemiology (PE) will be held in Lomé (Togo) from 25 until 29 of January 2010. The 11 participants were selected from the 29 Participatory Disease Surveillance (PDS) practitioners trained in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Togo as part of the Early Detection Reporting Surveillance – Avian … Continue reading →