Zambia field epidemiology training program: strengthening health security through workforce development
| Autor: | Nyambe Sinyange, Gershom Chongwe, Warren Malambo, Victor Mukonka, Ernest Kateule, Ramya Kumar, Ellen E. Yard, Henry C. Baggett, Elizabeth Chizema, Patrick Minor, Shadrick Kayeye, Muzala Kapina |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Economic growth medicine.medical_specialty Institutionalisation Epidemiology 030231 tropical medicine Zambia Disease Outbreaks 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Public health surveillance Medicine Humans Sub-Saharan Africa outbreak investigation public health surveillance National Public Health Institute 030212 general & internal medicine Staff Development Program Development Government Disease surveillance Project Evaluation business.industry Public health Professional development General Medicine Workforce development Population Surveillance Workforce Female Public Health business Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Pan African Medical Journal; Vol. 36 No. 1 (2020) The Pan African Medical Journal |
| ISSN: | 1937-8688 |
| Popis: | The Zambia Field Epidemiology Training Program (ZFETP) was established by the Ministry of Health (MoH) during 2014, in order to increase the number of trained field epidemiologists who can investigate outbreaks, strengthen disease surveillance, and support data-driven decision making. We describe the ZFETP´s approach to public health workforce development and health security strengthening, key milestones five years after program launch, and recommendations to ensure program sustainability.Program description:ZFETP was established as a tripartite arrangement between the Zambia MoH, the University of Zambia School of Public Health, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The program runs two tiers: Advanced and Frontline. To date, ZFETP has enrolled three FETP-Advanced cohorts (training 24 residents) and four Frontline cohorts (training 71 trainees). In 2016, ZFETP moved organizationally to the newly established Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI). This re-positioning raised the program´s profile by providing residents with increased opportunities to lead high-profile outbreak investigations and analyze national surveillance data-achievements that were recognized on a national stage. These successes attracted investment from the Government of Republic of Zambia (GRZ) and donors, thus accelerating field epidemiology workforce capacity development in Zambia. In its first five years, ZFETP achieved early success due in part to commitment from GRZ, and organizational positioning within the newly formed ZNPHI, which have catalyzed ZFETP´s institutionalization. During the next five years, ZFETP seeks to sustain this momentum by expanding training of both tiers, in order to accelerate the professional development of field epidemiologists at all levels of the public health system. |
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