Enhancing Public Health Surveillance
Improving the quality and use of surveillance data to better respond to public health threats and emergencies.
Data-Driven Decision Making
We prioritize the use of data for informed decision-making, training public health workers
Hands-On Field Experience
Our program emphasizes practical, field-based training,
Global Standards of Excellence
Aligned with the CDC’s global standards, our training programs are designed to expertise.
Comprehensive Curriculum
Our curriculum covers essential competency domainsensuring well-rounded expertise for every participant.
AFENET Sierra Leone
The Field Epidemiology Training Program was introduced in Sierra Leone in June 2016 with the aim of strengthening the country’s capacity by training public health workers who serve in the Ministry of Health (MoH) and other ministries and agencies to effectively respond to a potential outbreak or public health emergency. In September 2017, the Ministry of Health launched the 11-month FETP Intermediate with the aim of further strengthening the public health surveillance system and promoting the use of data for decision-making.
The duration of FETP-Frontline training is about 12 weeks (3 months), of which 3 weeks are for three classroom workshops, each lasting about a week, and 9 weeks for fieldwork at the participants’ workplace.
The centerpiece of the FETP-Intermediate program is a survey of a priority health topic planned and conducted by the participants as a group.
Program Objectives
- Improve the skills of middle level public health workers in data collection, analysis, interpretation, and use of public health data for decision making
- Improve the quality and use of surveillance data at the middle level of the health system.
- Strengthen the capacity to respond to outbreaks and other public health threats
goal
Is to improve the Ministry epidemiological capacity to identify, investigate, respond to, and communicate about public health priority concerns.
What We do
Train Public Health Professionals
We provide rigorous training to public health workers, equipping them with the skills needed to detect, investigate, control, and prevent public health threats effectively.
Enhance Surveillance Systems
Our programs strengthen public health surveillance systems, ensuring timely and accurate data collection, analysis, and reporting to monitor and respond to health issues.”
Conduct Field Investigations
We lead and support field investigations during outbreaks, applying epidemiological methods to identify causes, track spread, and implement control measures.
Promote Data Utilization
We foster a culture of data-driven decision-making, encouraging the use of surveillance and investigation data to inform public health policies and actions.
Curriculum Objectives
The standard curriculum for FETP-Intermediate focuses on four competency domains — public health surveillance, field investigation, epidemiologic methods, and scientific communication. The learning outcomes for each domain are as follows:
- Public Health Surveillance
- Summarize data from a surveillance system and develop a report for external distribution
- Evaluate a surveillance system
- Conduct an outbreak investigation using descriptive epidemiology
- Design, conduct, analyze, and interpret data from a descriptive epidemiologic study
- Produce an epidemiologic report (surveillance report and outbreak investigation report) for external distribution
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