Egypt Fetp

the egyptian field epidemiology training program (e-fetp) is a competency-based training and service program in applied epidemiology and public health that builds the core competencies of public health epidemiologists in communicable disease surveillance and response. fetps have been modeled and developed in many countries worldwide after the success of the epidemic intelligence service (eis) that was first created by cdc in 1951. approximately 80% of graduates work in government in their home countries and many fill leadership positions in the public health systems. the e-fetp was the second in the eastern mediterranean region. it started in 1993, in collaboration with the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention. in 2000, the program's success led to the establishment of the department of epidemiology and surveillance (des) which is responsible for disease surveillance, outbreak investigation & response, training, and the development of the national electronic disease survei