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Country Name AFGHANISTAN
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Year of Establishment

2019

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105

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178

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10

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Country Name BANGLADESH
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2013

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37

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30

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97

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212

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8

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1993

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174

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38

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174

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200

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2010

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66

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260

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Year of Establishment 1998
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Year of Establishment 2022
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2010

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118

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45

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24

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215

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12

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Year of Establishment

2006

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270

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454

Outbreak Investigation Conducted

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Country Name QATAR

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2022

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37

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6

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Country Name SAUDI ARABIA
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Year of Establishment

1989

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199

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30

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141

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397

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2017

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23

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42

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131

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59

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2017

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51

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35

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33

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Country Name YEMEN
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Year of Establishment

2011

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56

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63

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534

Outbreak Investigations Conducted

59

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61

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Field Epidemiology Training Programs

Supported by international and regional partners and hosted at ministries of health, these programs produce skilled epidemiologists who strengthen surveillance systems and response to public health threats.

 

Since their launch in 1980 by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs) in their three modalities: two-year (Advanced), one-year (Intermediate), or three-month (Frontline), graduated skilled epidemiologists who joined their respective ministries of health  to strengthen response to public health threats. These programs run under the learning by doing modality where around 75% of the learning process within these programs occurs in the field. Each FETP is adapted to their host country's context. 

 

In partnership with the US CDC, EMPHNET provides support to ministries of health to establish sustainable FETPs where residents receive training in 10 main competencies. These vary in terms of outputs and learning results and comprise: 

 

  1. Epidemiologic Methods
  2. Biostatistics
  3. Public Health Surveillance
  4. Laboratory and Biosafety
  5. Communication
  6. Computer Technology
  7. Management and Leadership
  8. Prevention Effectiveness
  9. Teaching and Mentoring
  10. Epidemiology of Priority Diseases and Injuries
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FETP Modalities in the Eastern Mediterranean

FETPs come in three modalities: the basic (Public Health Empowerment Program[PHEP]), the intermediate, and the advanced. While there is a standard structure and curriculum for all programs, each country customizes the contents for its context. In FETP training, we are incorporating e-training approaches to help reach a wider audience at a lower cost and equally effective way.
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FETP Cohorts in the Eastern Mediterranean

There are 10 FETPs of various modalities in the region. The basic in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, Yemen; the intermediate in Afghanistan and Tunisia; and the advanced in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, KSA, Morocco, Pakistan, Sudan, Yemen. Since 1989, the region completed the training of 91 cohorts with more than 700 FETP graduates and more than 400 trained in basic field epidemiology disciplines.
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The Field Epidemiology Training Program of Afghanistan was launched as a joint effort of the Afghanistan National Public Health Institute, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and EMPHNET.
AFGHANISTAN
With the support from the Biosecurity Engagement Program, GHD|EMPHNET helped establish the Veterinary Field Epidemiology Training Program in Bangladesh.
BANGLADESH
Egypt’s Field Epidemiology Training Program was the second program to be established in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The program targeted the central, intermediate, and local level to build preparedness and response capacity in the entire...
EGYPT
The Field Epidemiology Training Program of Iraq was first established in its advanced modality, a two-year postgraduate program affiliated with the University of Baghdad and the Baghdad College of Medicine.
IRAQ
The Field Epidemiology Training Program of Jordan aims to improve reporting and surveillance systems, prepare the country for outbreak investigations, and address trends for communicable and non-communicable diseases.
JORDAN
Lebanon’s FETP is one the most recently launched programs in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. he program was launched in the basic modality, also known as the Public Health Empowerment Program. 
LEBANON
In 2023, the National Center for Disease Control in Libya, with support from EMPHNET, launched the Public Health Empowerment Program-Basic Field Epidemiology to enhance the surveillance capacity of health workers at the national level.
LIBYA
The Field Epidemiology Training Program of Morocco is dedicated to enhancing epidemiological capacities through strengthening the ability to analyze and interpret data, boosting the country’s outbreak investigation capacity, and evaluating and...
MOROCCO
Oman’s FETP is the most recent to be launched in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The program exists in its basic modality, the Public Health Empowerment Program-Basic Field Epidemiology (PHEP-BFE).
OMAN
The Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program of Pakistan was established to enhance national capacity in disease surveillance and outbreak response in line with the International Health Regulations. 
PAKISTAN
The Qatar Ministry of Public Health established its FETP in the basic modality to accelerate the progress towards sustaining a national public health workforce capable of preventing and responding to various public health emergencies.
QATAR
The first Field Epidemiology Training Program to be established in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, the program of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has made important contributions to the national public health system over the years.
SAUDI ARABIA
The Federal Ministry of Health in Sudan partnered with GHD|EMPHNET to establish the country’s Field Epidemiology Training Program to improve surveillance and public health response to outbreaks and emergencies in the country.
SUDAN
The Field Epidemiology Training Program of Tunisia was launched in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Tunisia, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and GHD|EMPHNET to be housed within the National Observatory of New and...
TUNISIA
Yemen’s Field Epidemiology Training Program was established to improve the public health system by addressing shortages in public health workers who can help combat the public health ramifications of the humanitarian crisis facing the...
YEMEN
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