Building Global Epidemiology and Response Capacity with Field Epidemiology Training Programs.

Publisher: National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9508155 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1080-6059 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10806040 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Emerg Infect Dis Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Atlanta, GA : National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), [1995-

Capacity Building* ; Public Health Surveillance*/methods; Epidemiology/*education ; Global Health/*education ; Public Health/*education; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. ; Disease Outbreaks ; Epidemiologic Methods ; Epidemiology/organization & administration ; Humans ; Outcome Assessment, Health Care ; Public Health Administration ; United States ; Workforce

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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Keywords: epidemiology; global health; global health security; training

Date Created: 20171121 Date Completed: 20180627 Latest Revision: 20220126

20231215

PMC5711325

10.3201/eid2313.170509

29155658