Frontline Field Epidemiology Training Programs as a Strategy to Improve Disease Surveillance and Response

Frontline Field Epidemiology Training Programs as a Strategy to Improve Disease Surveillance and Response

Since 1980, Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs) have trained highly qualified field epidemiologists to work for ministries of health (MOH) around the world. However, the 2013–2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, which primarily affected Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, demonstrated a lack...

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Main Authors: A. McKenzie André, Augusto Lopez, Samantha Perkins, Stephanie Lambert, Lesley Chace, Nestor Noudeke, Aissatou Fall, Biagio Pedalino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
epidemiology
training
surveillance
field epidemiology
outbreak
global health security
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/13/17-0803_article

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