Applied Epidemiology Training Program Graduation
Representatives from the Ministries of Health from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, together with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), held a graduation ceremony for the USAID-funded Applied Epidemiology Training Program (AETP) on February 28 in Bishkek. The graduates included three participants from Kazakhstan, one from Kyrgyzstan, two from Uzbekistan, and two from Tajikistan. The Central Asia AETP is one of 28 such programs established worldwide. Including the recent graduates, the two-year program has trained 33 regional specialists in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health surveillance, and outbreak investigation. Ten more epidemiologists will complete the program in February 2007.
To date, the AETP has conducted 46 outbreak investigations, 22 surveillance evaluations, nine analyses of existing data sets, and seven research studies in Central Asia. The participating government officials thanked the U.S. Government for this training, acknowledging that
it strengthens health sector work in the region and improves the ability to respond to the infectious disease challenges facing Central Asia, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and hepatitis.
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AETP students took part in the investigation of a suspected avian flu outbreak in Kazakhstan in 2005
Photo Credit: AETP |
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