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| CDC LAUNCHES NEW NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE TRAINING FOR FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGISTS |
| Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for nearly 40 million deaths each year which represents almost three quarters of all deaths worldwide. These include deaths caused by injuries, such as motor vehicle injuries, and chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases. Deaths due to NCDs are becoming more common in low- and middle-income countries, where the majority of NCD deaths occur and health systems are often not equipped to respond. The enormous social and economic toll of NCDs worldwide calls for an integrated strategic approach to reduce illnesses and deaths due to NCDs globally. CDC has developed a series of 24 NCD training modules designed to increase the global capacity to address NCDs…read blog |
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| FIELD TRAINING PROGRAMS SAVE LIVES |
| CDC works with Ministries of Health and other partners to strengthen public health systems and build workforce capacity globally. Through its flagship Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs), hundreds of residents continue to receive classroom-based instruction and hands-on mentored trainings in surveillance, outbreak investigation, laboratory management program evaluation and other aspects of epidemiology research…watch video |
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| SAVING LIVES AND PROTECTING PEOPLE IN NIGERIA |
| As a recent graduate of Kenya’s Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (FELTP), Dr. Nguku was sent to Nigeria when the first human case of influenza A H5N1 virus was reported in Africa in 2006. In Nigeria, he was part of a team that helped track down the cause of the outbreak. The joint efforts by the human and animal health ministries of Nigeria in combating influenza A H5N1 lead to the realization that closer collaborations were required in zoonotic diseases control, thereby leading to among other things, creation of Nigeria's own FELTP program…read story |
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