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Daily report Β· 17 August 2026 Β· Dominant theme: The gap has inverted. afenet.net published three articles today β€” DRC lab preparedness for viral haemorrhagic fevers, and two Kenya FETP training stories β€” while @AFENETAfrica has been silent since 14 August. Engagement had its best week of the series (41 likes / 14 RTs), driven by STOP 56 Tanzania, whose duplicate copy is still live four days on. Followers: 9,757 X Β· ~10,066 LinkedIn.

@AFENETAfrica AFENETafrica @afenetafrica_official African Field Epidemiology Network afenet.net

KPI Summary

Twitter followers
9,757
β–² +4 since 15 Aug Β· Following 3,425
LinkedIn followers
~10,066
Largest single audience
Likes (7 days)
41
β–² Best week in this series (was ~26)
Retweets (7 days)
14
Across 5 visible posts
Website news (14 days)
8
🟒 3 published TODAY · freshness 0 days
Upcoming events
2
CPHIA + ESCAIDE (Nov) β€” neither promoted
Days since last tweet
3
πŸ”΄ Last post 14 Aug Β· 5 tweets in 7 days
Sentiment
75%
positive; no negative on owned channels
Login-gated and unretrievable this run: Facebook post-level engagement and last-post date; Instagram follower count, cadence and engagement.

Website β€” afenet.net

Content freshness

0 days 🟒
Three articles carry today's date (17 Aug) β€” the strongest freshness signal recorded in this series, reversing the front-loading pattern flagged on 15 Aug.
Cadence: accelerating. 8 articles in 14 days (3–17 Aug), 3 of them today. Bilingual EN/FR publishing continues. Web output is now clearly ahead of social output.
NEW defect: the 17 Aug DRC lab-preparedness article shows in the nav dropdown but not on /news/ β€” cache lag or miscategorisation.
3rd run: footer "About Us" links still resolve to afenet.net/test/…. Events page still uses legacy slugs and its title metadata reads "Events from January 14, 2022 – June 14, 2022".

Recent stories (afenet.net)

  1. AFENET & Partners Advance Laboratory Preparedness for Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers β€” DRC 17 AugNEWNOT ON /news/
  2. Kenya Strengthens Intermediate FETP Training via the ECHO Model 17 AugNEW
  3. Kenya Integrates PopCAB into Field Epidemiology Training 17 AugNEW
  4. STOP 56 Training Opens in Tanzania β€” 82 pros, 22 countries 12 AugDUP POST
  5. Bulletin NΒ°4 – Mali FETP redeployed for PVDV2c 8 AugALIGNED
Events (2): CPHIA 2026, 1–5 Nov, Addis Ababa (Africa CDC co-hosted) Β· ESCAIDE 2026, 18–20 Nov, Stockholm. Neither promoted on social β€” CPHIA is 11 weeks out and the promotional window is open now.

Content-social alignment

  • βœ— DRC VHF lab preparedness (17 Aug) β€” not yet posted; highest-value item in the queue
  • βœ— Kenya ECHO-model FETP training (17 Aug) β€” not yet posted
  • βœ— Kenya PopCAB integration (17 Aug) β€” not yet posted
  • ⚠ STOP 56 Tanzania (12 Aug) β€” amplified, but the same post ran twice on 13 Aug
  • βœ“ Mali Bulletin NΒ°4 (PVDV2c) β€” FR link-preview tweet in place
  • βœ“ CΓ΄te d'Ivoire dual-cohort milestone β€” FR tweet in place
  • βœ“ Ebola DRC β€” ACoDD field posts + infodemic bulletin on X (Twitter-only)
  • βœ— 24th Frontline graduation, Zanzibar (4 Aug) β€” 13 days, still no post
  • βœ— CPHIA 2026 / ESCAIDE 2026 β€” no promotional posts

Platform Breakdown

Twitter / X

@AFENETAfrica
Followers9,757
Following3,425
Posts (7 days)5 (1 duplicate)
Silent since14 Aug (3 days)
Top post14β™₯ / 5 RT (STOP 56)
Content mixSTOP/polio, Ebola field + data + infodemic, FR bulletins
🟑 Best reach β€” but stalled mid-week

LinkedIn

African Field Epidemiology Network
Followers~10,066
Posts (confirmed)No new post confirmed
EngagementN/A (gated)
OpportunityDRC lab preparedness + infodemic bulletin
🟑 Largest audience, lowest activation

Facebook

AFENETafrica
Page likes~17,267
Last confirmed post28 Jul (~20 days)
EngagementN/A (gated)
Data freshness3rd run carried forward
πŸ”΄ Possible 20-day gap β€” verify directly

Instagram

@afenetafrica_official
FollowersN/A (gated)
Posts (7 days)Est. low
EngagementN/A (gated)
Unused assets4 STOP 56 photos + Cohort 24 grad shot
🟠 Underutilised β€” assets already produced
Alignment note: platform content broadly tracks the website's Ebola and STOP 56 lines, but none of the three articles published today has a social counterpart on any platform, and nothing from the website reached LinkedIn or Instagram this week.

Engagement + Top Posts

Tweet Engagement β€” visible posts (12–14 Aug)
1
Twitter Β· 13 Aug 2026
Top performer
🌍 STOP 56 Training in Action β€” the training in Tanzania is underway, with public health professionals from 22 countries strengthening practical skills in immunization, surveillance, data management and social and behaviour change…
14 5 2
Why: concrete scale (22 countries, 82 professionals), four strong field photographs, and the flagship shown in motion rather than announced. The only post to draw replies β€” and the best-performing post recorded in this series.
2
Twitter Β· 13 Aug 2026
Still live
🌍 STOP 56 Training in Action β€” substantially identical text and the same four images as the post above, published hours apart on the same day.
11 4
Combined, the two copies hold 25 likes and 9 RTs β€” so engagement was split rather than lost. But the duplication is still visible four days on and reads as an unmanaged publishing queue.
3
Twitter Β· 12 Aug 2026
AFENET Ebola Infodemic Bulletin | 27–31 July 2026 β€” as the Bundibugyo virus outbreak continues to evolve in the DRC, the information environment is becoming a critical part of the response. AFENET's analysis highlights five key signals…
6 2
Why it matters more than its numbers: nobody else in the region is publishing infodemic analysis on this outbreak. It is AFENET's most defensible claim to thought leadership β€” running at a fraction of the reach of a training-logistics post.
Also in window: "🦠 Ebola Response | DRC β€” Lengabo, ACoDD supporting IPC decontamination of 4 households" (14 Aug Β· 5β™₯ / 1 RT) and "🦠 Ebola in the DRC: What Is the Data Telling Us?" (13 Aug Β· 5β™₯ / 2 RT). ACoDD field-operations posts are AFENET's most distinctive Ebola content and consistently under-promoted.

Stakeholder Mentions

U.S. CDC / UNICEF
STOP 56 partners behind the 82 consultants convened in Tanzania for the polio/VPD effort.
Positive
22 STOP 56 partner countries
The week's flagship multilateral training story, visibly in progress and the top-performing post.
Positive
Kenya FELTP / Project ECHO
ECHO-model continuous mentorship integrated into Intermediate FETP (published today).
Positive
Kenya MoH Β· Nairobi & Kajiado Counties
PopCAB cross-border population-mobility approach integrated into field epidemiology training (published today).
Positive
Mali MoH / FETP graduates
Five graduates redeployed to Gao, Tombouctou, Mopti, Bandiagara and MΓ©naka for the PVDV2c response β€” amplified.
Positive
DRC MoH & laboratory partners
Viral haemorrhagic fever laboratory preparedness advanced β€” published today, website only, no social post. The single highest-value unamplified item.
Gap
Pandemic Fund
Funded the 24th Frontline cohort (41 trainees, Zanzibar) β€” 13 days on the website with no social post.
Gap
Africa CDC
CPHIA 2026 co-host β€” no visible amplification of AFENET content, and AFENET is not promoting CPHIA either. Reciprocal gap, 11 weeks out.
Gap
WHO AFRO
Publishing weekly Bundibugyo situation reports; no visible cross-reference with AFENET's infodemic bulletins despite clear complementarity.
Gap

Sentiment Snapshot

75% Positive
21% Neutral
4% Risk
No negative sentiment on owned channels. Positive sentiment is driven by the STOP 56 series, the two Kenya training stories published today, the Mali polio redeployment and the ACoDD field-response posts from DRC. All observed engagement was supportive β€” both STOP 56 copies drew replies and retweets rather than criticism of the duplication. Neutral covers link-preview posts and bulletin cross-references. External risk (4%): the DRC Bundibugyo outbreak has reached 4,665 confirmed cases and 2,184 deaths as of 13 August β€” a crude CFR of 46.8% β€” across 54 health zones in six provinces (Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu, Haut-UΓ©lΓ©, Tshopo, Bas-UΓ©lΓ©). It is the largest Ebola outbreak ever reported in the DRC and is expanding faster than any previous outbreak. Uganda declared its outbreak over on 28 July (20 cases, 2 deaths); imported cases were reported in the United States and France. There are no approved vaccines or therapeutics for Bundibugyo virus. Scrutiny of outbreak communication is unusually high and misinformation pressure correspondingly high β€” which is exactly why AFENET's infodemic and lab-preparedness work is valuable, and exactly why three days of social silence in this window is costly.

Issues Watchlist

HIGH

Three Days of Social Silence During the Site's Heaviest Publishing Week

The last visible tweet is 14 August. Three articles were published on 17 August, including a DRC laboratory-preparedness story tied to the largest Ebola outbreak in DRC history. The content exists and is already written β€” it simply is not reaching the audience. This is the inverse of the gap flagged on 15 August, and easier to fix.

HIGH

Duplicate STOP 56 Post Still Live After Four Days

Both copies remain on the account, both dated 13 August, now holding 14β™₯/5RT and 11β™₯/4RT. The 15 August action item to remove or differentiate the second copy was not executed and no queue audit appears to have happened, so the underlying cause is still in place and will recur.

HIGH

Website Footer Routes Visitors to /test/ Staging Paths (Third Run)

Four site-wide footer "About Us" links resolve into a staging tree β€” /test/about-us/, /test/partnerships/, /test/annual-reports/, /test/afenet-profile/. Partners and prospective funders navigating via the footer land on non-production pages. Flagged 12, 15 and 17 August with no fix.

MEDIUM

Today's Freshest Article Is Missing from the /news/ Index

The DRC VHF laboratory-preparedness story appears only in the navigation dropdown, not on the news listing page. Whether cache lag or miscategorisation, the most strategically valuable item published today cannot be found by anyone browsing news.

MEDIUM

Events-Page Defect Persists (Third Run)

CPHIA still sits under a "breast-cancer-awareness-month" URL and ESCAIDE under "one-health-summit-lyon", and the page's own title metadata now reads "Events from January 14, 2022 – June 14, 2022". A query-logic defect rather than a content error β€” and visibly aging.

MEDIUM

Zanzibar Graduation Unamplified for 13 Days

A Pandemic Fund–supported milestone (41 trainees, 31 July ceremony, published 4 August) still has no matching social post. Donor-visible content and the easiest open gap to close.

LOW

Facebook Cadence Unverified for a Third Consecutive Run

No August Facebook post has surfaced in public search; last confirmed activity remains 28 July, now 20 days. On the channel with the largest nominal audience (~17,267), this needs direct login verification rather than a fourth carried-forward figure.

Action Plan β€” Next 24–48 Hours

1

Post the DRC Laboratory-Preparedness Story Today

It is the only item in the queue that sits directly on the outbreak the whole continent is watching, and it shows AFENET strengthening lab systems rather than commenting on a crisis. One tweet with the article link plus one LinkedIn post β€” both today, while the outbreak is at peak visibility.

⏰ Today
2

Break the Three-Day Silence with the Two Kenya Stories

ECHO-model mentorship and PopCAB cross-border surveillance are both distinctive, photogenic and already written. Schedule them across today and tomorrow so the account is not silent again while the website keeps publishing.

⏰ Today
3

Resolve the Duplicate STOP 56 Post β€” and Audit the Queue

Delete the second copy or rewrite it as a genuinely distinct follow-up. Then establish why a scheduled post and a manual post collided; this was flagged two runs ago and not actioned, so the process fix now matters more than the individual post.

⏰ Today
4

Escalate Both Persistent Site Defects in One Developer Ticket

Bundle the /test/ footer links, the events-page slug and title bug, and the missing 17 Aug article on the /news/ index into a single ticket with URLs attached. Three separate mentions across three runs have produced no fix; one consolidated escalation with a named owner is more likely to.

πŸ“… Tomorrow
5

Move the Ebola Infodemic Bulletin onto LinkedIn

Rebuild the "five key signals" analysis as a LinkedIn post or carousel. LinkedIn is AFENET's largest audience (~10,066) and the closest match for a technical and donor readership β€” and infodemic analysis is the content AFENET is most uniquely positioned to own.

πŸ“… Tomorrow
6

Clear the Instagram and Zanzibar Backlogs Together

Four STOP 56 field photographs and the Cohort 24 group shot are already produced and unused on the visual channel. Pair the carousel with the 13-day-old Pandemic Fund graduation milestone and clear both gaps in one pass.

πŸ“… 48 hrs
7

Verify Facebook and Instagram Directly

Log in and confirm Facebook's last post date and page likes, and Instagram's follower count and cadence. Three consecutive runs have carried the Facebook figure forward unverified; it should not become a fourth.

πŸ“… 48 hrs
8

Open the CPHIA 2026 Promotional Window

CPHIA is Africa CDC co-hosted, in Addis Ababa, 1–5 November β€” 11 weeks out. Start a light drumbeat now (abstract deadlines, AFENET's presence, session interests) rather than waiting until October, and use it to open a reciprocal amplification conversation with Africa CDC.

πŸ“… 48 hrs