Ethiopia Field Epidemiology Training Program (EFETP) Compiled Body of work in Field Epidemiology

Abstract

Executive Summary The Ethiopia Field Epidemiology and Training program (EFETP) is a two year 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 promisinghealthworkersandbuildingtheircompetenciesthroughon-the-job mentorship and training. The program has two main components: a classroom-teaching component(25%) and practical attachment or field placement component(75%). Completion of the above mentioned two components of the residency culminates in a final output of works, which is equivalent to a thesis for the graduate school of public health for partial fulfillment of a master degree in Field Epidemiology. These outputs of work have chapters, which includes report of outbreak investigations, surveillance data analysis, evaluation of a surveillanc system, description of a health profile, abstracts for scientific presentation, a narrative summary of disaster situation, an epidemiological research project and another additional output report. In an attempt to complete these outputs of work different methods were used. In chapter one a cholera outbreak was investigated. These included a cholera outbreak in Oromia Region, East shoa Zone, Adama Woreda in August2016. In chapter two, a surveillance data analysis of bloody diarrhea in east Shoa Zone Oromia Region, Ethiopiafrom2011to2015.In chapter three, Evaluation of a surveillance system in SNNPRegion ,April 2017,inchaper four ,in chapter five an epidemiological research project, in chapter six, narrative summary of disaster situationin Silite zone,SNNPR egionfrom1Aprilto2May 2017 and another additional output report done.Reviewed journals weredone. Inchapter sevenabstractsof,surveillance dataanalysis were a b st r a c t was a “surveillance d a t a a n a l ys i s on bloody diarrhea.