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One Field Epidemiologist per 200,000 Population: Lessons Learned from Implementing a Global Public Health Workforce Target.
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Seymour G WilliamsSeymour G. Williams, MD, is Team Lead, Field Epidemiology Training Program; Robert E. Fontaine, MD, is Senior Advisor, Field Epidemiology Training Program; Reina M. Turcios Ruiz, MD, is Team Lead, Monitoring and Evaluation; all in the Workforce and Institute Development Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Henry Walke, MD, is Director, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Kashef Ijaz, MD, is Principal Deputy Director, and Henry C. Baggett, MD, is Chief, Workforce and Institute Development Branch; both in the Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Dr. Williams and Dr. Baggett are senior co-authors. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Robert E FontaineSeymour G. Williams, MD, is Team Lead, Field Epidemiology Training Program; Robert E. Fontaine, MD, is Senior Advisor, Field Epidemiology Training Program; Reina M. Turcios Ruiz, MD, is Team Lead, Monitoring and Evaluation; all in the Workforce and Institute Development Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Henry Walke, MD, is Director, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Kashef Ijaz, MD, is Principal Deputy Director, and Henry C. Baggett, MD, is Chief, Workforce and Institute Development Branch; both in the Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Dr. Williams and Dr. Baggett are senior co-authors. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Reina M Turcios RuizSeymour G. Williams, MD, is Team Lead, Field Epidemiology Training Program; Robert E. Fontaine, MD, is Senior Advisor, Field Epidemiology Training Program; Reina M. Turcios Ruiz, MD, is Team Lead, Monitoring and Evaluation; all in the Workforce and Institute Development Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Henry Walke, MD, is Director, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Kashef Ijaz, MD, is Principal Deputy Director, and Henry C. Baggett, MD, is Chief, Workforce and Institute Development Branch; both in the Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Dr. Williams and Dr. Baggett are senior co-authors. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Henry WalkeSeymour G. Williams, MD, is Team Lead, Field Epidemiology Training Program; Robert E. Fontaine, MD, is Senior Advisor, Field Epidemiology Training Program; Reina M. Turcios Ruiz, MD, is Team Lead, Monitoring and Evaluation; all in the Workforce and Institute Development Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Henry Walke, MD, is Director, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Kashef Ijaz, MD, is Principal Deputy Director, and Henry C. Baggett, MD, is Chief, Workforce and Institute Development Branch; both in the Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Dr. Williams and Dr. Baggett are senior co-authors. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Kashef IjazSeymour G. Williams, MD, is Team Lead, Field Epidemiology Training Program; Robert E. Fontaine, MD, is Senior Advisor, Field Epidemiology Training Program; Reina M. Turcios Ruiz, MD, is Team Lead, Monitoring and Evaluation; all in the Workforce and Institute Development Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Henry Walke, MD, is Director, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Kashef Ijaz, MD, is Principal Deputy Director, and Henry C. Baggett, MD, is Chief, Workforce and Institute Development Branch; both in the Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Dr. Williams and Dr. Baggett are senior co-authors. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Henry C BaggettSeymour G. Williams, MD, is Team Lead, Field Epidemiology Training Program; Robert E. Fontaine, MD, is Senior Advisor, Field Epidemiology Training Program; Reina M. Turcios Ruiz, MD, is Team Lead, Monitoring and Evaluation; all in the Workforce and Institute Development Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Henry Walke, MD, is Director, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Kashef Ijaz, MD, is Principal Deputy Director, and Henry C. Baggett, MD, is Chief, Workforce and Institute Development Branch; both in the Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, CDC, Atlanta, GA. Dr. Williams and Dr. Baggett are senior co-authors. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Funding
Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
Abstract
The World Health Organization monitoring and evaluation framework for the International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005) describes the targets for the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) indicators. For workforce development, the JEE defines the optimal target for attaining and complying with the IHR (2005) as 1 trained field epidemiologist (or equivalent) per 200,000 population. We explain the derivation and use of the current field epidemiology workforce development target and identify the limitations and lessons learned in applying it to various countries' public health systems. This article also proposes a way forward for improvements and implementation of this workforce development target.
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EpidemiologistsDisease OutbreaksEpidemiological MonitoringGlobal HealthHealth WorkforceHumansInternational Health RegulationsPublic Health AdministrationEpidemic management/responseField epidemiologyGlobal health securityWorkforce development
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