Nassir, Khalid (2014) Ethiopian Field Epidemiology Training Program (EFETP): Compiled Body of Works in Field Epidemiology. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Ethiopia Field Epidemiology Training Program (EFETP) is 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 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 spent 2 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 many 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 was malaria outbreak in Kalu district, South Wollo zone, Amhara epi week from 41 to 44 weeks, 2013. The second investigated outbreak was measles in Sekela district, West Gojam zone, Amhara, 10-12-2013 until 03-01-2014. Abstracts from the two outbreak investigations submitted to EFETP coordinators to submit for 2014 EIS conference. The second chapter is surveillance data analysis of acute flaccid paralyses /AFP/ in Amhara Region, from July 2008 to June 2012. The third chapter is evaluation of malaria surveillance system in South Wollo zone of Amhara region. The fourth chapter is description of Health profile of Kombolcha district in South Wollo zone of Amhara region. 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 and Oromia zone of Amhara region on June from 18-25/2013. The eighth output is an Epidemiologic Protocol/Proposal for Epidemiologic Research Project namelyAssessment of long-lasting insecticidal net utilization and associated factors in Bati woreda, Oromo Nation Zone, Amhara Region. which was also developed as one of output for accomplishment of this masters program. The ninth chapter contains activities done in addition to the main out puts which are mentioned as follows; Malaria Training for lower level health professionals working on health facility, January 2014, Summary of integrated supportive supervision (ISS) report of South Wollo zone in Amhara Regional Health Bureau on March 2014, Supportive supervision for previous year outbreak affected areas in W/Gojjam (Quarit,Wemberma, Bure zuria and Jabitehnan districts),October 01-11/2013, 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:- malaria epidemic forecasting for lower level health professionals, Amhara regional health bureau EPI and PHEM annual review meeting in Dangilla, workshops in Hawassa on Meningitis post epidemic evaluation, the 5th AFENET conference in Addis Ababa, workshops on flooding affected areas and National PHEM review meeting in Bahirdar. I participated as a trainer and participant in those mention above and others, and 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.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Oct 2018 12:09 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Oct 2018 12:09 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/6737 |
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