2014 FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LABORATORY TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR THE AWARD OF
A)
MPH in Field Epidemiology Practice
B)
MPH in Veterinary Epidemiology Practice and
C)
MPH in Laboratory Epidemiology Practice
Introduction:
The Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training
Program (NFELTP) (www.nigeria-feltp.net)
is a two year in service training program in Field Epidemiology Practice,
Veterinary Epidemiology Practice or Laboratory Epidemiology Practice. The
NFELTP was created to serve as a long –term continuing program within the
Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development (FMARD).
It trains field epidemiologist, Public Health Laboratories,
and Veterinary Epidemiologist for leadership positions in various levels of
both the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture. The trainees
provide epidemiological services to FMOH, State Ministry of Health (SMOH),
FMARD and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SMARD), during the
training through long-term field placements. The program is sponsored by FMOH
and FMARD with technical support provided by U.S Centre for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).