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Table 4 Examples of additional FELTP-sponsored training activities, 2004–2016

From: Strengthening health systems in Africa: a case study of the Kenya field epidemiology training program for local frontline health workers

Start date

Name

Duration

Current status

Target group

Credential

September 2004

FELTP

2 years

Ongoing

Doctors

MSc in field epidemiology awarded by Moi University

Nurses

Laboratory scientists

Veterinarians

Public health officers

September 2006

Field epidemiology short course

3 months

Ceased

District medical officers

Certificate of completion awarded by Ministry of Health

September 2011

Mepi

2 months

Ended in 2015

5th-year medical students

Certificate of completion awarded by the Ministry of Health

September 2014

Vepi

2 months

Ended in 2015

4th-year veterinary students

Certificate of completion awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries

  1. Mepi medical epidemiology training program (pre-service), Vepi veterinary epidemiology training program (pre-service), CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention