Workforce & Institutions

At a glance

Public health workers are the backbone of global health security. They work tirelessly on the frontlines to detect, respond to, and contain public health threats at their source.

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What We Do

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A Field Epidemiology Training Program fellow investigates anthrax outbreak.

CDC's Division of Global Health Protection (DGHP) is committed to supporting countries in building their own skilled and resilient public health workforce capable of responding to disease threats.

Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP)

Through our renowned Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP), we equip public health professionals with advanced epidemiological skills through a combination of classroom-based training, fieldwork, and mentorship.

Public health training

We also conduct targeted trainings to enhance the skills and expertise of frontline healthcare professionals and public health workers – from nurses to community health workers, laboratorians to risk communicators.

Impact

  • Since 1980, more than 25,000 disease detectives have been trained worldwide through DGHP's Field Epidemiology Training Program.
  • CDC has partnered with more than 32 countries and 5 regions to establish or strengthen their own CDC-like National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs) to protect community health and contain disease close to the source.

Resources

Learn more about CDC's efforts to empower the next public health workforce to detect, respond to and contain disease threats.

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Global Health Security Training Enhances Early Detection and Response to Outbreaks in Tanzania
CDC-trained Community Health Workers helped contain Tanzania's first outbreak of Marburg disease.
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