Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection

Overview and goals -- Accomplishments in Southeast Asia -- Key activities: Building workforce capacity; Strengthening public health infrastructure and institutions -- Future plans -- Key partners -- Summary of FETPs in Southeast Asia.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through its Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development (DPHSWD), began working in Thailand in 1980. Over the next five years, a Resident Advisor was posted in the Thailand Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) to help establish a sustainable and successful Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP). In 2006, the CDC’s Global Detection Program in Thailand reposted a Resident Advisor to provide epidemiological and other training and technical assistance to public health professionals to strengthen workforce capacity throughout Southeast Asia.