Archived news items from the IHR Project hub, listed chronologically.

2023  |  2022  |  2021  |  2020  |  2019

2023

 

DEC 2023 

IHR-SP facilitates One Health Joint Risk Assessment Workshop Held in Lusaka, Zambia

DEC 2023

Integrated Disease Surveillance and ResponseRoad Map 2023 - 2028: Spearheading the future of IDSR in Pakistan

 NOV 2023 

Building Capacities and Forging Partnerships: UKHSA IHR Strengthening Project’s Quantum Geographic Information System Training Propels State Epidemiologists in Nigeria

 NOV 2023 

IHR-SP facilitate the first meeting of public health labs network in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan

OCT 2023

IHR-SP Technical Experts Support ASEAN Workshop for Risk Assessment and Risk Communication in Emergencies    

OCT 2023

UKHSA’s IHR Strengthening Project Starts Work in Southeast Asia

OCT 2023

National meeting of Public Health Laboratories and Integrated Disease Surveillance & Response focal points to strengthen Public Health Lab Networks in Pakistan

SEPT 2023  

The IHR-SP One Health team supports the pilot of the WHO Response Preparedness Programme (RePrep) Operational Tool and the Workforce Development Operational Tool (WFD OT) in Ethiopia    

SEPT 2023  

Leadership and Management ‘train the trainer’ model put to the test in Zambia

SEPT 2023                                                           

Nigeria Demonstrates Improvement in its Second Joint External Evaluation (JEE)

SEPT 2023

Newly inducted surveillance officers trained by UKHSA’s International Health Regulations Strengthening Project to strengthen Integrated Disease Surveillance work in Baluchistan province of Pakistan

AUG 2023 

Strengthening dengue vector surveillance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province: A joint initiative of UKHSA and Integrated Vector Management (IVM) Program

AUG 2023

UKHSA’s IHR supports Zambia Multi-Hazards Emergency Preparedness Response Plan dissemination and orientation.

AUG 2023

UKHSA's International Health Regulation Strengthening Project and Pakistan’s National Institute of Health to develop collaborative action plan for capacity strengthening of Provincial Public Health Reference Labs of Punjab and Azad Jammu & Kashmir

JULY 2023

Developing the next generation laboratory leaders' workforce for the Public Health Laboratory Department of the Nigeria for Disease Control and Prevention

 JUNE 2023

The UKHSA IHR Strengthening Project’s support to the African Region through capacity building of poison centres

 JUNE 2023

UKHSA supported successful completion of 2nd Joint External Evaluation (JEE) in Pakistan

MAY 2023

UKHSA supported National Institute of Health (NIH), Pakistan to conduct training workshop on Monkeypox (Mpox) laboratory diagnosis         

MAY 2023

Supporting a case study on Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) in Chongwe Zambia

MAY 2023

Supporting the Development of a Nigeria Poisons Service Roadmap

 MAY 2023

UKHSA in conjunction with Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) and Levy Mwanawasa Medical University (LMMU) conducted a training in Environmental Epidemiology to Master of Science Field Epidemiology fellows at LMMU  

APRIL 2023

The IHR-SP One Health team supports Nigeria’s National Multisectoral Coordination Mechanism Operational Tool Workshop

APRIL 2023

Laboratory Leadership Training for Resilient National Public Health Laboratories 13- 17 April Dakar, Senegal

 MARCH 2023

The Workforce Development Team Deliver Leadership Development Module to Field Epidemiology Training Programme in Zambia

MARCH 2023

UKHSA celebrated the successful completion of workforce development program in Pakistan, February 2023

MARCH 2023

MARCH 2023

IHR Strengthening Project Supports the Ethiopia Rabies Elimination Strategies through Enhancing Public and Veterinary Joint Rabies Surveillance Systems at Community Levels

MARCH 2023

Malaria Laboratory Diagnosis and Quality Assurance Training of Trainers in Ethiopia

MARCH 2023

Launch of the National One Health Strategic Plan for Zambia

MARCH 2023

Incident Management Training for Health Care Workers in Zambia

MARCH 2023

Empowering Data Analysts and Epidemiologists: The Introduction to R for Epidemiological Analysis Training in Nigeria

MARCH 2023

The Lancet Series on One Health and Global Health Security

FEBRUARY 2023

IHR Strengthening Project Nigeria Team - Highlights from Q1 – Q3 2022/23 Financial Year

FEBRUARY 2023

IHR Strengthening Project Supports the Ethiopia Subnational Amhara and Somalia One Health Task Forces

FEBRUARY 2023

Pakistan In-Country Team Collaborates with WHO to Hold National Workshop on the 2nd Joint External Evaluation (JEE)

FEBRUARY 2023

Step-Down Delivery of Laboratory Diagnostics of Diphtheria to Key Regional Laboratories in Nigeria

FEBRUARY 2023

Copperbelt Microbiology Team Review Meeting

FEBRUARY 2023

The Inauguration of the Nigeria National One Health Technical Committee

JANUARY 2023

Biosafety and Biosecurity Training provided to University Lecturers in Ethiopia

JANUARY 2023

Strengthen Laboratory Management Toward Accreditation (SLMTA) Training provided to public hospital laboratory professionals in Ethiopia

JANUARY 2023

Africa CDC conducts a supportive supervision at the Namibian National FETP programme

2022 

JANUARY 2023 

Africa CDC conducts the Global Burden of Disease Training Workshop for Western Africa Member states in Lomé, Togo

DECEMBER 2022

“Strengthening and Developing Mentorship for Public Health Workforce in Africa” - The IHR Strengthening Project hosts side event at the Conference for Public Health in Africa (CPHiA) 2022

DECEMBER 2022

IHR Strengthening One Health team attends the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission Validation Workshop in Cote D’Ivoire

DECEMBER 2022

IHR Strengthening One Health team attends the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission Validation Workshop in Cote D’Ivoire

DECEMBER 2022

“Strengthening and Developing Mentorship for Public Health Workforce in Africa” - The IHR Strengthening Project hosts side event at the Conference for Public Health in Africa (CPHiA) 2022

NOVEMBER 2022

Dr Wasif Shah and the Pakistan team reflect on the UKHSA conference and away days

NOVEMBER 2022

Data Analysis Training for State Epidemiologists in Nigeria

NOVEMBER 2022

Subnational One Health Taskforce Review Meeting – Operationalisation and Strengthening of One Health in Ethiopia

OCTOBER 2022

IHR Strengthening Project Attends the UKHSA Conference 2022 in Leeds

OCTOBER 2022

ISO 15189 International Standard for Medical laboratories Training Provided to University Lecturers in Ethiopia

OCTOBER 2022

UKHSA Supporting the Sensitation Forum for the NCDC Compulsury Confirmation and Promotion (COMPRO) Examination

OCTOBER 2022

EPRR Team Assist with the Finalisation of the Zambian PHEOC Implementation Plan

SEPTEMBER 2022

Sample Management and Molecular Detection of Monkeypox Training Provided to Laboratory Professionals in Ethiopia

SEPTEMBER 2022

Senior Leadership Team visit Pakistan to Celebrate the Successes of IDSR Implementation

SEPTEMBER 2022

Public Health Emergency Simulation Exercise Training of Trainers

SEPTEMBER 2022

Leadership Development Programme in Ethiopia

SEPTEMBER 2022

Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards and Public Health Foundational Training has Positive Impact in Zambia

AUGUST 2022

Microbiology Mentorship in Zambia

AUGUST 2022

IHR Workforce Development and Laboratory Teams Visit Ethiopia for Mentoring and Laboratory Leaders Workshops

AUGUST 2022

IHR-S Project attends the first stakeholders' meeting on health security in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region 

AUGUST 2022

IHR-S Project Strengthening the Disease Data Flow in Response to Floods Emergency in Pakistan

AUGUST 2022

IHR Workforce Development and Laboratory Teams Visit Ethiopia for Mentoring and Laboratory Leaders Workshops

AUGUST 2022

IHR-S Project attends the first stakeholders' meeting on health security in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region 

AUGUST 2022

IHR-S Project Strengthening the Disease Data Flow in Response to Floods Emergency in Pakistan

AUGUST 2022

IHR Strengthening Project Attends the Africa Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) Southern Africa Regional Conference 2022

JULY 2022

Continued Partnerships with the Zambian Ministry of Health and Zambia National Public Health Institute 

JULY 2022

Building Capacity of Front-line Healthcare Workers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province, Pakistan 

JULY 2022 

UKHSA and Department of Health Punjab Province Join Hands to Establish Priority Infectious Disease Data Flow 

JULY 2022

Chemical Hazards and Public Health Training in Ethiopia 

JULY 2022

IHR Strengthening Project Team attends the Global Health Security Conference in Singapore 

JUNE 2022

Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) Senior Officials Visit to Pakistan 

JUNE 2022

IHR Strengthening Project supports National Institute of Health (NIH) Pakistan to host 11th Small Group for IDSR data flow 

JUNE 2022

DHSC and UKHSA teams meet with Provincial Health Department Punjab, Pakistan 

JUNE 2022

JUNE 2022

75th World Health Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland - High-Level Meeting on Health Workforce Needs for Africa’s Health Security 

MAY 2022

One Health Multisector Coordination Mechanism Operational Tool Pilot in Gambia

MAY 2022

The UK project team meets with the new Director General at EPHI →

MAY 2022

Professional Development Workshop for the Admin/HR Workforce at NCDC →

MAY 2022

IHR Strengthening Project Explores Partnerships in the Indo Pacific region →

APRIL 2022

Supporting the professional development of the Administration/Human Resource workforce of the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) →

APRIL 2022

UKHSA attends the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Regional Network of Reference Laboratories of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Member Countries →

APRIL 2022

National Method Verification Training in Zambia →

APRIL 2022

DHIS-2 Android Capture App: An innovative intervention to improve IDSR priority disease data flow →

APRIL 2022

IHR Strengthening Project supports the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to host the Fourth Annual Disease Surveillance Review Meeting (ADSRM) →

APRIL 2022

Environmental Epidemiology Training at Levy Mwanawasa Medical University, Zambia 

APRIL 2022

Effective Partnerships and Collaboration - Africa Centre for Disease Control Celebrates it’s 5 Year Anniversary → 

APRIL 2022

IHR Strengthening Project and Global Health Development| Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network: “Developing and Strengthening Multisectoral Coordination in the Eastern Mediterranean Region” Work → 

APRIL 2022

EPRR Team Visit Ethiopia and support to the EPHI PHEOC Training Programme  → 

MARCH 2022

Introduction of UKHSA to the Uk High Comission in Addis Ababa →  

MARCH 2022

International Health Regulations Strengthening project celebrated during British Science Week 2→  

MARCH 2022

LQMS Implementation at Provincial public health laboratory →  

MARCH 2022

Using FutureLearn for IDSR training in Pakistan →  

MARCH 2022

Cross Project Learning Exchange with Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Zambia National Public Health Institute  →  

MARCH 2022

Copperbelt Work: Kitwe Teaching Hospital Mentorship →  

FEBRUARY 2022

Delivery of Chemical Foundational Training at NCDC, Nigeria  →  

FEBRUARY 2022

African Volunteer Health Corps (AVoHC) Net Member State Rollout Training →

JANUARY 2022

Sample Packaging, Quality and Safety - Sample Referral Training Provided to Sample Couriers in Ethiopia 

 

JANUARY 2022

IDSR cascade trainings: A first step towards implementing IDSR in South Punjab 

JANUARY 2022

Influenza sample collection training delivered to sample collectors and surveillance officers of SARI & ILI surveillance sites in Ethiopia 

JANUARY 2022

The "Keep Pushing" Simulation Exercise Programme Evaluation in Nigeria 

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2021

JANUARY 2022

EPRR's Visit to Zambia  

DECEMBER 2021

Successful Outcomes from the Small Group Network Meetings for Public Health Laboratories in Pakistan 

DECEMBER 2021

 “The Writeshop”: Improving Academic Writing Skills for IHR Strengthening Project Staff 

NOVEMBER 2021

The Public Health Lab Network KP Province Pakistan 

NOVEMBER 2021

Successful Cross Africa Engagement with our IHR Strengthening Partners 

NOVEMBER 2021

IDSR cascade training in Pakistan  

NOVEMBER 2021

Developing Public Health Managers and Leaders in Collaboration with ZNPHI 

NOVEMBER 2021

The NCDC Lab Campuses Recieve 4 Star Lab Quality Rating 

OCTOBER 2021

ISO 15189 medical laboratory training provided to EPHI stafF 

OCTOBER 2021 

Respiratory Sample Management Training in Ethiopia 

OCTOBER 2021

Laboratory Leadership Series - Celebrating Succsessful Outcomes in Challenging Times 

SEPTEMBER 2021

The IHR Project Collaborates with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to Enhance Public Health Leadership in Partner Countries 

SEPTEMBER 2021 

Strength in numbers – progressing multi-sectoral action on CBRN hazards in Ethiopia 

August 2021

Where do we go from here? Improving subnational health security assessments in Nigeria 

AUGUST 2021

Emergency preparedness team deliver training in partnership with NCDC 

JULY 2021

Team Profile - Nigeria 

JULY 2021 

Dr Osman Dar appointed to the One Health High Level Expert Panel 

JUNE 2021 

Inspiring women in leadership: Ebere Okereke (from the British Medical Journal) 

JUNE 2021 

Going virtual with lab leaders! 

JUNE 2021 

Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention launches the Kofi Annan Global Leaders Programme 

JUNE 2021 

ISO 15189 Internal Audit training for NCDC laboratory staff 

JUNE 2021 

A goodbye to Addis from John Forde 

MAY 2021 

“A big thanks to PHE”, conveys the Additional Director of PHL KP 

MAY 2021 

Health partnerships perspectives webinar series 

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2020

MARCH 2021 

Celebrating five years of the IHR Strengthening Project 

FEBRUARY 2021 

CRCE colleagues contribute to WHO guidance for establishing a poison centre 

NOVEMBER 2020

Staying connected as a globally dispersed team 

APRIL 2020 

The IHR Project collaborates on COVID-19 training in Zambia 

MARCH 2020 

New partnership to monitor spread of resistant pathogens 

FEBRUARY 2020 

The IHR Project trains Nigerian and Zambian scientists in biosafety 

FEBRUARY 2020

The IHR Project collaborates to help tackle antimicrobial resistance in Nigeria 

JANUARY 2020

John Forde wins Inaugural Temrt Award 

JANUARY 2020

PHE donates key laboratory equipment to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control 

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2019

DECEMBER 2019 

Anne Wilson awarded for strengthening health system in Pakistan 

NOVEMBER 2019 

Official launch of the IHR Project in Ethiopia 

NOVEMBER 2019

The IHR Project collaborates with NCDC to strengthen global health security 

OCTOBER 2019

Improving communicable disease surveillance in Myanmar 

SEPTEMBER 2019

Enhancing biosafety and biosecurity in Ethiopia 

AUGUST 2019 

The IHR Project delivers Emergency Operations Centre Training in Myanmar 

JULY 2019 

IHR Project behavioural scientists deliver best-practice workshop in Africa 

MARCH 2019

Senior Public Health officials from Pakistan visit PHE 

 

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