India Field Epidemiology Training Program Response to COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020–2021

The India Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) has played a critical role in India’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. During March 2020–June 2021, a total of 123 FETP officers from across 3 training hubs were deployed in support of India’s efforts to combat COVID-19. FETP officers ha...

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Autores principales: Singh, Sujeet Kumar, Dikid, Tanzin, Dhuria, Meera, Bahl, Arti, Chandra, Ramesh, Vaisakh, Vaisakh Thandayamparambil Pradeep, Prajapati, Surendra Mohan, Nirwan, Nishant, Paul, Lipsy, Murhekar, Manoj, Kaur, Prabhdeep, Parasuraman, Ganeshkumar, Bhat, Prashant, Longkumer, Sheila, Dzeyie, Kevisetuo Anthony, Bhatnagar, Pankaj, Minh, Nhu Nguyen Tran, Tanwar, Sukarma, Yadav, Rajesh, Desai, Meghna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
Materias:
Workforce, Institutional, and Public Health Capacity Development
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9745222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36502396
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2813.220563
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Sumario:The India Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) has played a critical role in India’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. During March 2020–June 2021, a total of 123 FETP officers from across 3 training hubs were deployed in support of India’s efforts to combat COVID-19. FETP officers have successfully mitigated the effect of COVID-19 on persons in India by conducting cluster outbreak investigations, performing surveillance system evaluations, and developing infection prevention and control tools and guidelines. This report discusses the successes of select COVID-19 pandemic response activities undertaken by current India FETP officers and proposes a pathway to augmenting India’s pandemic preparedness and response efforts through expansion of this network and a strengthened frontline public health workforce.

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