FETP – 40 Years of Protecting the World by Building Global Health Capacity

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• Alternative Title:
  FETP – forty years of protecting the world by building global health capacity
• Corporate Authors:
  Center for Global Health (U.S.). Division of Global Health Protection.
• Description:
  Over the past 40 years, CDC helped establish Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs) throughout the world, with over 18,000 trained disease detectives in over 80 countries. FETP highlights CDC’s commitment to creating a sustainable public health workforce capable of supporting countries’ abilities to prevent, detect, and respond to disease threats including outbreaks like the Coronavirus 2019 pandemic. The growth of FETP since its inception has also contributed to the improvements in disease detection and response worldwide, ultimately helping stop the spread of disease.
• Subjects:
  Anniversaries And Special Events Capacity Building CDC--history Epidemiology/education Global Health History, 20th Century History, 21st Century International Cooperation Public Health
• Keywords:
  FETP Field Epidemiology Training Program
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Webpage
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:34501968e3eb46a732122ddc68932214ad0b32f4eca1b33d9487dac25c5c740c1caffd839139c2871ab558b458c0398bfea71fb2f70900595bde7b2f7b3cf83c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/103617/cdc_103617_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.32 MB ]