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International Technical Forum on Applied Epidemiology Training Program |
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Posted on 27 February 2008
Pacific Rim Innovation and Management Exponents, Incorporated (PRIMEX) will host, on behalf of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded RETA 6305, an international Technical Forum on Applied Epidemiology Training Program on 31 March – 1 April 2008 at the Astoria Plaza in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines. The two-day event will focus on the need for better financing, human resource development, and networking for a more efficient communicable disease surveillance and prevention to help participating countries to (i) strengthen existing plans for human resource development for ESR; (ii) estimate the cost of conducting training programs for applied epidemiology for the needs of the entire country; (iii) discuss, identify, and agree on approaches to keep trained staff updated; and (iv) discuss/agree on how the countries in the region can share and network resources for epidemiology training programs. (Click here to access the program of activities) The Workshop is expected to have about 50 participants consisting of representatives from the health ministries of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs) in the region (such as Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Japan, Australia, Singapore, and Yunnan Province of China), concerned World Health Organization (WHO) regional and country offices, ADB, other agencies (Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - Atlanta and Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions NETwork (TEPHINET), Google, the Rockefeller Foundation, The Kenan Institute, the Consultant Team, and DOH organizing committee. The Regional Technical Assistance
(RETA) 6305 is aimed at assisting the governments of Indonesia,
Malaysia, and the Philippines to assess and to improve their capacity
to conduct epidemiological surveillance and to respond in an effective
manner to threats of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) within
and across the three countries. The Project is assisting the three
countries meet the requirements of the International Health Regulations
(IHR) of 2005 and comply with the Asia Pacific Strategy of Emerging
Diseases (APSED). |
