Table 2.
Number of residents and graduates of a field epidemiology training programme* as of August 2012
| World Health Organization region | Africa | Americas | Europe | Eastern Mediterranean | Southeast Asia | Western Pacific | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents enrolled in 2012 |
290 |
379* |
183 |
101 |
105 |
218 |
1108 |
| Graduates since FETP first offered |
574 |
4101* |
546 |
291 |
310 |
1158 |
6980 |
| Countries with an FETP or FE(L)TP | Ethiopia |
Argentina |
Central Asia† |
Egypt |
India-Chennai |
Australia |
|
| Ghana |
Brazil |
EPIET |
Iraq |
India-Delhi |
China |
|
|
| Kenya |
Canada |
France |
Jordan |
Indonesia |
Hong Kong |
|
|
| Mozambique |
Colombia |
Germany |
Morocco |
Thailand |
Japan |
|
|
| Nigeria |
Costa Rica |
Italy |
Pakistan |
|
Laos |
|
|
| Rwanda |
Dominican Republic |
South Caucasus |
Saudi Arabia |
|
Malaysia |
|
|
| South Africa |
El Salvador |
Spain |
Yemen |
|
Mongolia |
|
|
| Tanzania |
Guatemala |
United Kingdom |
|
|
Philippines |
|
|
| Uganda |
Honduras |
|
|
|
Singapore |
|
|
| West Africa |
Mexico |
|
|
|
South Korea |
|
|
| Zimbabwe |
Nicaragua |
|
|
|
Taiwan |
|
|
| |
Panama |
|
|
|
Vietnam |
|
|
| |
Paraguay |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Peru |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| United States (EIS) |
*These figures include 161 enrolled residents and 3302 graduates of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s EIS, which started in 1951 and is the model for most FETPs and FE(L)TPs. †Includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
FETP Field Epidemiology Training Programme, FE(L)TP Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, EIS Epidemiology Intelligence Service, EPIET European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training.