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  • There's a growing demand for skilled field epidemiologists worldwide to tackle new and resurgent communicable diseases.
  • The International Health Regulations and the Global Health Security Agenda emphasize the need for countries to develop strong epidemiologic capabilities to effectively respond to public health emergencies.
  • The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has established Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs) for over 35 years to train professionals, enhancing local public health management and promoting global health security.

Article Abstract

More than ever, competent field epidemiologists are needed worldwide. As known, new, and resurgent communicable diseases increase their global impact, the International Health Regulations and the Global Health Security Agenda call for sufficient field epidemiologic capacity in every country to rapidly detect, respond to, and contain public health emergencies, thereby ensuring global health security. To build this capacity, for >35 years the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has worked with countries around the globe to develop Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs). FETP trainees conduct surveillance activities and outbreak investigations in service to ministry of health programs to prevent and control infectious diseases of global health importance such as polio, cholera, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and emerging zoonotic infectious diseases. FETP graduates often rise to positions of leadership to direct such programs. By training competent epidemiologists to manage public health events locally and support public health systems nationally, health security is enhanced globally.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5711325PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2313.170509DOI Listing

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