Ethiopia Field Epidemiology Training Program (EFETP) Compiled Body of Works in Field Epidemiology
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2019-06
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Addis Abeba University
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The Ethiopia Field Epidemiology Training Program (EFETP) is a two year an in-service training program in field epidemiology adapted from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) program. The program is designed to assist the Ministry of Health in building or strengthening health systems by recruiting promising health workers and building their competencies through on-the-job mentorship and training.
Because trainees work in active public health teams that are tackling the most serious and acute problems of the population, their work is exciting and leads to improvements in program implementation even as the trainees are learning. The EFETP program has two main components, each of which contributes to the award of the Master‘s degree (MPH) in Field
Epidemiology. A classroom-teaching component (25%) and practical attachment or field placement component (75%) consisting of disease investigations, surveillance evaluations,surveys, and applied research on national health problems. Residents have the opportunity for
public health practice in the real world.From the beginning of first week of November 2017 up to the end of June 2019, I stayed in Field Epidemiology Training Program, School of Public Health-Addis Ababa University and Ethiopia Public HealthInstitute (EPHI) field base.
This body of work has nine chapters, including reports of three outbreak investigations, one surveillance data analysis, one evaluation of surveillance system, and one Woreda health profile description, four abstracts for scientific conference, onedisaster assessment report, one research proposal, as an additional output Weekly Bulletin and Feedback.
Chapter one: Three outbreak investigations were conducted. Descriptive and
Analytic Epidemiology was used during investigations. These are: measles outbreak investigation in two neighboring Adaarand Telalak districts of Afar region, November 2018; Cholera outbreak investigation in Amibara District, Zone 3, Afar, January 2019; Chikungunya outbreak investigation in Adaar district Afar, April 2019. We identified several factors that contributed to
measles,cholera andChikungunya outbreaks occurred in different districts. Chapter two: Five years (2013 to 2017) Afar region Dysentery surveillance data was analyzed inMarch, 2018. In Chapter three: Evaluation of surveillance system was conducted in Addis Ababa city administration in March, 2018. Chapter four: Health profile description of Woreda 06 District of Nifas silk lafto sub city, Addis Ababa March, 2018. Chapter five:Two scientific manuscripts for Peer Reviewed Journals was done on Re-emergency of Chikungunya fever in Ethiopia after 3 years 2019 and Surveillance data analysis of dysentery, Afar, Ethiopia-March, 2018.
Chaptersix: Four abstracts were prepared for scientific conference.(1) Measles Outbreak Investigation and response in Adaar and Telalak District, Afar region, Ethiopia, November 2018. (2) Cholera outbreak investigation and response in Amibara woreda, Afar region, Ethiopia-January, 2019. (3)
Chikungunya outbreak investigation and response in Adaar woreda, Afar region, Ethiopia, April 2019. And (4) Dysentery surveillance data analysis in Afar region, Ethiopia, March 2018
Chapter seven: Narrative summary of disaster situation was conducted inFafan zone of Somali region in August, 2018. Chapter eight: Protocol/proposal for Epidemiologic Research Project was prepared on the t it le ―Assessment of magnitude of immunization coverage and Associated
Factors among children Age 12–23 Months in Adaar district, Afar June to August, 2019. Finally, in chapternine: additional outputs; Coordinating Ebola Preparedness activity in Ethiopia, RHB Public health emergency operation center establishment;Short term training and workshops conducted; Weekly bulletin and Weekly Feedbackwere included.
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Epidemiology