Evaluation of the first two Frontline cohorts of the field epidemiology training program in Guinea, West Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa revealed weaknesses in the health systems of the three most heavily affected countries, including a shortage of public health professionals at the local level trained in surveillance and outbreak investigation. In response, the Frontline Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) was created by CDC in 2015 as a 3-month, accelerated training program in field epidemiology that specifically targets the district level. In Guinea, the first two FETP-Frontline cohorts were held from January to May, and from June to September 2017. Here, we report the results of a cross-sectional evaluation of these first two cohorts of FETP-Frontline in Guinea.

Methods

The evaluation was conducted in April 2018 and consisted of i

SUBMITTER: Collins D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9097411 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature