CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: FETP-INTERMEDIATE 2024 TRAINING OPPORTUNITY
Apply before Friday 15th December 2023, 5pm East African Time.
Background
The Ministry of Health in partnership with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Makerere University School of Public Health launched the Intermediate Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP-Intermediate) in August 2021 under the Uganda National Institute of Public Health.
The goal of this program is to strengthen epidemiologic capacity at the regional level of the health system by improving the health worker’s ability to detect, investigate, and respond to diseases and events of public health importance or international concern and to better utilize health data generated through routine surveillance to inform action.
About FETP-Intermediate
This is a supervised, on-the-job, competency-based training and service (workforce for health security) program where participants learn and develop epidemiologic skills while providing services to their work stations and the country.
The scope consists of modular classroom training, practical field projects and mentored learning delivered by experienced epidemiologists across a period of 9 months.
Key competencies developed during the training include: Surveillance, Data analysis and interpretation, Outbreak investigation, Scientific writing and communication, and Mentorship.
Eligibility criteria
The target audience for this program is public health staff serving at the regional or national level. Applicants should therefore be persons in-charge of health data management at these levels including Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs). These may be Biostatisticians,
HMIS Focal Persons, Community Health Department Officers, M&E Officers or any other related area of work at the regional or national level. Applicants should be willing and committed to complete the training over a 9-months period.
Please note that this is a part time in-service training and does not attract any payments or perdiems, but your accommodation and meals during the training workshops would be covered by the program.
