Ethiopian Field Epidemiology Training Program (EFETP) Compiled Body of Works in Field Epidemiology
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2018-06
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Addis Ababa Universty
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The Ethiopian Field Epidemiology Training Program (EFETP) is a competency training program in field epidemiology modeled from on the mode of the United State Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). The Program is designed to assist the Ministry of Health in building or strengthening health systems by producing public health professionals with skills and competencies developed through applied learning. FETP consists of 25% class-based learning and 75% at a field base where residents are expected to apply the principles learned in class to solve real world public health issues. The EFETP residents Two years in a field epidemiology training program focusing on investigating outbreaks, analysis and evaluation of surveillance systems, and other public health activities and residents compile a body of works consisting of their outbreak investigation reports, surveillance analyses, etc.
This compiled body of works contains outputs done during my residency time in the Program. The body of works is categorized in to eight chapters as follows:
The first chapter contains two outbreak investigations: the first outbreak investigation conducted was Scabies outbreak in Dembiya District, North Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, August, 2017. The second investigated outbreak was Suspected AWD outbreak investigation in Wogera District, North Gondar Zone, October, 2017. The Second chapter is surveillance data analysis of Dysentery in Akaki Kality Sub City, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2012-2016. The third chapter is evaluation of Relapsing Fever surveillance system in Akaki Kality Sub City, Ethiopia, 2016
The fourth chapter is description of Health profile of Akaki Kality Sub City District Seven, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2016. The fifth chapter is development of Manuscript on Surveillance Data Analysis, Akaki Kality Sub City, and Addis Ababa-2016. The sixth chapters is development of abstracts for scientific presentations namely:-Surveillance Data Analysis of Dysentery, Akaki Kality Sub-city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2012-2016 and Outbreak Investigation of Scabies Disease in Dembiya District, North Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2017.
The Seventh chapter is an Epidemiologic Protocol/Proposal for Epidemiologic Research Project namely: Assessment of Prevalence and Associated factors for diarrheal disease among under five children in Akaki Kality Sub city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018. The last Chapter (Chapter Eight) contains other additional outputs during two years of my residency time.
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Epidemiology