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Voices from the Central African Republic: FELTP residents remain committed to...
CAR refugees forced from their homes by rebels Dr. Els Mathieu, Resident Advisor, CAR- FELTP The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa, bordered by Chad in the north,...
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World Cup serving as real-world test for new disease detection technology
With the World Cup underway in all its frenzied glory, you can be forgiven for missing another major effort currently underway in Brazil that represents the first large scale, real-life, real-world...
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Global Health Security in Africa: Collaborations Between CDC and African...
2012 investigation of Ebola virus in Uganda Thomas Kenyon, MD MPH, Director of CDC Center for Global Health The ambition and scope of the Global Health Security Agenda are clear. Its reach can be...
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Working collaboratively to support Ebola response efforts in Sierra Leone
Dr. Bao-Ping prepares to train Ebola responders in Sierra Leone and is delighted that his tiny battery-powered projector is working. In late November 2014, during the peak of the Ebola outbreak in West...
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Working collaboratively to support Ebola response efforts in Sierra Leone
CDC’s FETP partnerships with African nations continue to be leveraged beyond their national borders and for new and unexpected health threats. Dr. Bao-Ping’s blog posted originally on March 31 is being...
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A Ray of Hope for a Better-Prepared Ethiopia
Lucy Boulanger, DGHP Program Director, Ethiopia I have called Ethiopia home for the past five years – it is a country that is very close to my heart. I was moved to humanitarian work by images of the...
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Vietnam: Empowering Communities to Detect Potential Outbreaks Early
Diseases may start in local communities before they spread and become widespread outbreaks. Vietnam is harnessing the power of community members to identify potential outbreaks earlier to shorten...
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Training the Future Public Health Workforce in Malawi: Field Epidemiology...
Malawi FETP-Frontline Cohort 2 trainees with mentors and guests during graduation ceremony: Photo courtesy: Kiran Bhurtyal, CDC At 4:00 PM on July 12, 2016, I received an urgent email from the CDC...
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Tetanus: Eliminating the Forgotten, Deadly Disease
Working with FETP colleagues at the Uganda Ministry of Health. Left to right: Joyce Nguna, Rebecca Casey and Doreen Birungi As a clinician, seeing a patient with a preventable disease like tetanus is...
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Tracking Lassa Fever Across Three Countries
Lesley Chase, MPH , CDC FETP Lead-Francophone West Africa When a Beninese migrant worker fell ill in Nigeria in December 2017, he decided to return to his parents’ home in Togo for care. His...
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