Compiled Body of works in Field Epidemiology
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2023-05
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The Ethiopia Field Epidemiology and Training Programme (EFETP), which was inspired by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States, is a two-year in-
service training program in field epidemiology. The program's goal is to recruit promising
healthcare professionals and develop their competencies through on-the-job mentoring and
training in order to help the Ministry of Health establish or strengthen health systems. The
program is divided into two primary parts: classroom instruction (25%) and practical
application or field placement (75%). The residency culminates in a final output of works that
is equivalent to a thesis for the graduate school of public health in order to meet a portion of
the requirements for a master's degree in field epidemiology.
Eight chapters make up these outputs of work, which include a report on outbreak
investigations, an analysis of surveillance data, an assessment of a surveillance system, a
description of a health profile, scientific manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, abstracts for
scientific presentations, a proposal for an epidemiological research project, and yet another
output report.
Different approaches were used to complete these work products. In chapter one, two outbreaks
were looked into: a malaria outbreak in the Loma district of the Dawro zone, in the SWEP
region of Ethiopia, in June 2022; and a measles outbreak in the Raso district of the Afder zone,
in the Somali region of Ethiopia, in May 2022. Chapters 2, 3, and 4 contain: Surveillance Data
Analysis: National Malaria Surveillance Data Analysis, Ethiopia, 2016-2020 GC, Evaluation
of the Malaria Surveillance System in Gambella Region, Gambella Zuria Woreda, Western
Ethiopia and Health Profile Description of Bosat district, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia 2021
included respectively.
Chapters seven and eight of the document, Summary of Disaster Situation on Health and
Nutrition Emergency Needs Assessment Report for the South West Ethiopia Region, Dawro
Zone, June 2022, and Protocol/Proposal for Epidemiologic Research Project, which titled
“Distribution of Malaria and Mosquito Species along Pagag Point of Entry in Lare Woreda,
Gambella, Ethiopia: Cross Sectional Study. Finally, chapter nine includes one additional output
of National Weekly epidemiological bulletin of Week 16: April 18 – April 24, 2022.
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Epidemiology