Compiled Body of Works in Field Epidemiology.
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2015-05
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Addis Abeba university
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This document contains a two years Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program outputs which is equivalent with thesis to be submitted to graduate school of public health for partial fulfillment of master degree in Field Epidemiology. It includes reports of disease outbreak investigations, public health surveillance data analysis, surveillance system evaluation, narrative summary of disaster situation report, manuscripts, abstracts, and training reports. This compiled body of works contains total of outputs which all of them were done during my residency time in the program. The body of works is categorized in to nine chapters as follows: The first chapter contains two outbreak investigations: the first outbreak investigation conducted wasmeasles outbreak investigation in YilmanaDensa district, WestGojam zone, Amhara from January 8-20/2014. The second outbreak investigated was measles outbreak investigation in Grawa district, East Harrerge zone, Oromia Region, April 27-March 8/2015. The second chapter is surveillance data analysis on prevalence of HIV among TB patients in Debre Tabor Hospital, in Amhara Region, fromMay 2009 to December 2013. The third chapter is evaluation of malaria surveillance system in NorthWollo zone of Amhara region from December 24/2014 - January 7/ 2015. The fourth chapter isdescription of Health profile of Bati district in Oromia special zone of Amhara region from 09-20March 2014. The fifth and sixth chapters are development of manuscript and abstracts for scientific presentations and according to this three abstracts have been written and three of them were submitted.The seventh output is Belg humanitarian need assessment which was conducted in selected districts of South Wollo zone of Amhara region on June 23 to July 4, 2014, The eighth output is an Epidemiologic Protocol/Proposal for Epidemiologic Research Project namely, A assessment of immunization status and factors affecting it among children aged 12-23 months old in Mekidela Woreda of South Wello Zone Amhara Region, North west Ethiopia, 2015. The ninth chapter contains activities done in addition to the main out puts which are mentioned asfollows; Ebola virus disease outbreak preparedness assessment report in Humera (Tigray Region) andMetema (Amhara Region), September 2014.Ebola Screening on land port entry in Lare District, Gambella Region, Ethiopia, 15-21/10/2014. Trainings, conference and other activities and participate in the preparation of weekly bulletin article in Amhara regional health bureau of PHEM core process. Different trainings and conferences of public health have been conducted in different places at different times, to mention some of these: -I have attended 5th AFENET scientific conference in Addis Ababa starting from 17-21 Nov 2013. I have attended training by mentor Initiative organization sponsor by AFENET on vector borne diseases in Dubai March 23-27/2015.Measles Post Epidemic Evaluation, I have attended and presented outbreak investigation on Measles post epidemic evaluation, at Dangila Town from 22 and 23/02/2014.PHEM National Review Meeting, I have attended PHEM National annual review meeting in Hawassa, August 15-19, 2014. Training for HWs on EVD, In Gambella regional state, on 11 October 2014 Training was given for a total of 20 Health Workers working in Lare HC. Those are mention above and others, included as the additional outputs. Meanwhile, since the program’s philosophy is learning by doing, numerous activities were carried out at the field base, which greatly contributes to strengthen the public health workforce capacity through training, conducting disease surveillance and emergency planning, preparedness and response activities.
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Epidemiology