Additional material 1.
Participants (Graduates and Current Trainees) of 2-year Public Health Schools Without Walls (PHSWOWs) and Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programs (FELTPs) in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2010
| PHSWOW or FELTP | Country or Countries | Year PHSWOW or FELTP Began | Country or Region Population in 2010 (millions] | Cumulative PHSWOW or FELTP Participants in 2010 | Cumulative Participants per million 2010 population | Field Epidemiology Track (Degree offered) | Laboratory Epidemiology Track (Degree offered) | Veterinary Epidemiology Track (Degree offered) | Source of Startup Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Zimbabwe PHSWOW | Zimbabwe | 1993 | 12.6 | 166 | 13.2 | 166(MPH) | n/a | n/a | Rockefeller Foundation |
| 2. Uganda NISWOW | Uganda | 1994 | 33.8 | 284 | 8.4 | 284 (MPH) | n/a | n/a | Rockefeller Foundation |
| 3. Kenya FELTP | Kenya, South Sudan | 2004 | 48.3 | 74 | 1.5 | 49 (MSc Applied Epidemiology) | 25 (MSc Applied Epidemiology and Laboratory Management | n/a | Ellison Medical Foundation |
| 4. South Africa FELTP | South Africa | 2006 | 49.9 | 41 | 0.8 | 24 (MPH Field Epidemiology) | 17 (MPH Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Management) | n/a | PEPFAR |
| S. Ghana FELTP | Ghana | 2007 | 24.0 | 28 | 1.2 | 10 (MPhil Applied Epidemiology) | 9 (MPhil Applied Epidemiology and Laboratory Management | 9 {MPhil Applied Epidemiology) | USA ID |
| 6. Tanzania FELTP | Tanzania | 2008 | 45.0 | 33 | 0.7 | 20 (MSc Applied Epidemiology) | 13 (MSc Applied Epidemiology and Laboratory Management | n/a | PEPFAR, USA ID, PMI |
| 7. Nigeria FELTP | Nigeria | 2008 | 158.3 | 26 | 0.2 | 12 (MSc Field Epidemiology) | 6 (MSc Field Epidemiology and Laboratory | 8 (MSc Veterinary Field Epidemiology) | PEPFAR, USA ID |
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| 8. Ethiopia FELTP | Eihiopia | 2009 | 85.0 | 35 | 0.4 | 29 (MPH) | 6 (MPH) | n/a | PLPhAR |
| 9. Rwanda FELTP | Rwanda | 2010 | 10.4 | 15 | 1.4 | (MSc Applied Epidemiology) | 3 (MSc Applied Epidemiology and Laboratory Management | 3 (MSc Applied Epidemiology) | PLPhAR |
| 10. West Africa FELTP | Burkina Fa so, Mali, Togo, Niger | 2010 | 54.1 | 12 | 0.2 | 4 (MPH) | 4 (MPH) | 4 (MPH) | USAID |
| 11. Mozambique FELTP | Mozambique | 2010 | 23.4 | 11 | 0.5 | 5 (MSc Applied Epidemiology) | 6 (MSc Applied Epidemiology and Laboratory Management | n/a | PEPFAR |
| 12. Central Africa FELTP | Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic | 2010 | 92.6 | 18 | 0.2 | 12 (Master's in Field Epidemiology) | 6 (Master's in Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Management | n/a | BMGF USAID |
| TOTAL | 637.4 | 743 | 1.2 | 624 | 95 | 24 |
FELTP = Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, FETP= Field Epidemiology Training Program
PEPFAR = US President's Plan for Emergency AIDS Relief; PMI= US President's Malaria Initiative; USAID = US Agency for International Development; BGMF= Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
MPH = Masters of Public Health; MSc = Masters of Science; MPhil = Masters of Philosophy