An evaluation of the global network of field epidemiology and laboratory training programmes: a resource for improving public health capacity and increasing the number of public health professionals worldwide

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.

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