Introductory course for the 3rd cohort of MFETP has completed

2012-03-14

Introductory course for third year of the training was planned for 1.5 months in duration to be organized in two blocks with one month at the first month of training and half month at seventh month after training initiation. One month classroom training was initiated on 9 Jan 2012 and completed on 10 Feb, 2012. The introductory course topics were revised in accordance with experiences and lessons learnt from the previous two years of training programme and it has included topics such as introduction to epidemiology and biostatistics, outbreak investigation, public health surveillance, epidemiology of communicable diseases and other issues of public health importance, and lastly introduction and use of epidemiologic software. Lectures and case studies were conducted by the Mongolian FETP 1st and 2nd cohort graduates and WHO officers. Professor P.Nymadawa and other experts were invited to give lecture on specific topics, which included ILI sentinel surveillance in Mongolia. Dr Wiwat Rojayanapithayakorn, WHO Representative in Mongolia has given lectures to the trainees. One of his lectures on “How can FETP trainee develop an international programme?” was an inspiration to the trainees and audiences where Dr Wiwat has shared his experience of developing internationally recognized programme called “100%CUP” as an FETP trainee, which has been implemented successfully in Thailand saving millions of lives and later expanded to international communities.