In response to the request that was made by PATTEC-Mozambique during the monitoring and evaluation mission back in August 2017, the PATTEC Coordination Office has organized on-the-jobs technical support to the national Coordination Office staff in support of developing national database and promoting use of GIS and Remote Sensing for in T&T field planning and intervention from 23 – 27 April, 2018 in Maputo, Mozambique.

Group Photo (left), trainees during one of the sessions (right)
Eight staff from Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, National veterinary Laboratory, Ministry of Health, District Offices from Gaza and Matutuíne responsible for entomological and parasitological data collection and data analysis of tsetse and trypanosomiasis participated at the on-the-job training. The training aimed at reinforcing the capacity of the Project coordination and Management Units by improving spatial data management and technical skills of personnel working in national PATTEC projects. The training was conducted by the PATTEC GIS expert Mr. Girma Urgeacha and Dr Fernando C. Mulandame, Researcher and GIS expert, from Biotechnology Center (CB-UEM).