It is not just about the training: rethinking strategies to strengthen the global emergency response workforce.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Public health rapid response teams (RRTs) are critical to timely and effective emergency response. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has trained country-level public health emergency managers on RRT programme design, management and operations. However, countries continue to face challenges in RRT programming, requiring further elucidation of the supportive and challenging factors.

Methods

In April 2021, 86 CDC-trained participants on RRT programme management were sent an anonymous online survey with questions regarding their country's RRT programme capacity (fully functional (FF-RRT) vs partially functional (PF-RRT)) and factors that affected programme implementation. Descriptive analyses were conducted; factors were stratified by responden

SUBMITTER: Shamout M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12481407 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature