The 2017 FETP International Nights was held during the 66th Annual EIS Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, USA from April 24 – 27. This event which was co-sponsored by TEPHINET and the CDC, gave FETP trainees from around the world the chance to present their work to a global audience of public health practitioners.
International Night was a golden chance to share work done by Field Epidemiology Training Programs around the world and to recognize the contribution of these programs in addressing public health needs in their countries. The event provided a forum for FETP residents and graduates to give scientific presentations and increase their knowledge about surveillance, outbreak investigation, and how to improve health outcomes in their respective
countries. The interaction with EIS officers led to exchange of ideas and also provided opportunity for expansion of the global network of disease detectives who can be called upon in times of emergency. Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program aka Advanced FETP, made oral and oral poster presentations during this conference. The most glorious moment however, came when
Uganda Public Health fellowship Program won the prestigious CDC Director’s award for being the best executed and results driven program in the year 2016 out of the over 70 Field Epidemiology Training Programs worldwide. This is a clear testimony of the tremendous contribution this program has made to propel the Ministry of Health in preventing, detecting and responding to public health events in the recent past.