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EVENTS |
| FIRST KENYA ADVISORY MEETING April 17th , 2007 Nairobi, Kenya |
An all inclusive group of stakeholders on Hib and SPN surveillance form the Kenya Advisory Group. This group composed of Pediatrician/clinical representative from each surveillance site, Kenya Expanded Program of Immunization (KEPI), National Public Health laboratory (NPHL) and World health organization (WHO) surveillance representatives met on 17th April 2007. This group has been established to critically review performance of various aspects of surveillance in Kenya and make recommendations addressing identified challenges and needs, provide some form of peer review mechanism and support for the on going surveillance, ensure the surveillance activities get the necessary support from the collaborating partners to meet set targets and enhance the network functioning by regular sharing of data and experiences. |
FOURTH NETWORK ANNUAL MEETING |
The two day conference had a half day of formal presentations on pneumococcal diseases and antibiotic resistance as well as a day and a half of practical laboratory sessions for the clinical and laboratory representative of the hospital. These provided opportunity for those involved to interact and discuss on areas that needed improvement with regards to the surveillance of Pneumococcal disease. Click the Presentations page to view various discussions presented during this meeting. |
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| NETWORK WORKSHOP MEETING November 10 - 11, 2006 Naivasha, Kenya |
The workshop was held separately from the second day of the conference and essentially aided netSPEAR to formulate 1. An acceptable future governance structure and processes by taking into account views from all the represented countries. 2. Each country’s need for Pneumococcal surveillance support in the future. 3. From number 2 form an intra-country team that will contribute in writing the next proposal for funding with clearly agreed roles. 4. Discuss and form an inter-country team for writing up and documentation of lessons learned in the first three years of netSPEAR. |
| SURVEILLANCE FOR VACCINE PREVENTABLE MENINGITIS AND PNEUMONIA MEETING September 21, 2006 Nairobi, Kenya |
This meeting organised by the Ministry of Health through the Kenya Expanded Programme on Immunisation (KEPI) is in line with the on going Hib surveillance by the ministry after the introduction of pentavalent vaccine in late 2001. The key objectives of the meeting was to share experiences from participating surveillance hospitals, reinforce good clinical and laboratory practices in the management of very sick infants and young children as part of the on going surveillance in six public hospitals in Kenya and demonstrate support and commitment of Ministry of Health top management for the surveillance activities. Click the Presentations page to view various discussions presented during this meeting. |
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