India Field Epidemiology Training Program Response to COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020–2021

Singh, Sujeet Kumar; Dikid, Tanzin; Dhuria, Meera; Bahl, Arti; Chandra, Ramesh; Vaisakh, Vaisakh Thandayamparambil Pradeep; Prajapati, Surendra Mohan; Nirwan, Nishant; Paul, Lipsy; Murhekar, Manoj; Kaur, Prabhdeep; Parasuraman, Ganeshkumar; Bhat, Prashant; Longkumer, Sheila; Dzeyie, Kevisetuo Anthony; Bhatnagar, Pankaj; Minh, Nhu Nguyen Tran; Tanwar, Sukarma; Yadav, Rajesh; Desai, Meghna

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India Field Epidemiology Training Program Response to COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020–2021

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By Singh, Sujeet Kumar ; Dikid, Tanzin ; Dhuria, Meera ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Singh, Sujeet Kumar ; Dikid, Tanzin ; Dhuria, Meera ; Bahl, Arti ; Chandra, Ramesh ; Vaisakh, Vaisakh Thandayamparambil Pradeep ; Prajapati, Surendra Mohan ; Nirwan, Nishant ; Paul, Lipsy ; Murhekar, Manoj ; Kaur, Prabhdeep ; Parasuraman, Ganeshkumar ; Bhat, Prashant ; Longkumer, Sheila ; Dzeyie, Kevisetuo Anthony ; Bhatnagar, Pankaj ; Minh, Nhu Nguyen Tran ; Tanwar, Sukarma ; Yadav, Rajesh ; Desai, Meghna
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The India Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) has played a critical role in India's response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. During March 2020-June 2021, a total of 123 FETP officers from across 3 training hubs were deployed in support of India's efforts to combat COVID-19. FETP officers have successfully mitigated the effect of COVID-19 on persons in India by conducting cluster outbreak investigations, performing surveillance system evaluations, and developing infection prevention and control tools and guidelines. This report discusses the successes of select COVID-19 pandemic response activities undertaken by current India FETP officers and proposes a pathway to augmenting India's pandemic preparedness and response efforts through expansion of this network and a strengthened frontline public health workforce.
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COVID-19/epidemiology COVID-19/prevention & Control Disease Outbreaks/prevention & Control Humans Pandemics/prevention & Control
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Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(Suppl 1):S138-S144
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36502396
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PMC9745222
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Journal Article
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India Field Epidemiology Training Program ; India Field Epidemiology Training Program
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India
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28
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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