COVID-19 Response Roles among CDC International Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship Graduates

Since 2013, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has offered the Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship to health professionals from around the world. The goal of this program is to build an international workforce to establish public health emergency management programs and oper...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2022-12, Vol.28 (13), p.S145-150
Main Authors: Krishnan, Sharanya, Espinosa, Catherine, Podgornik, Michelle N, Haile, Seghen, Aponte, José J, Brown, Christopher K, Vagi, Sara J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
capacity development
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S
COVID-19
COVID-19 - prevention & control
COVID-19 Response Roles among CDC International Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship Graduates
Curricula
Disease control
emergency management
Emergency preparedness
emergency response
Fellowships and Scholarships
global public health
Humans
Managerial skills
Pandemics
Polls & surveys
Prevention
Public Health
Public Health Administration
Regions
Response rates
SARS-CoV-2
Scholarships & fellowships
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
United States - epidemiology
Workforce, Institutional, and Public Health Capacity Development
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Summary:Since 2013, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has offered the Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship to health professionals from around the world. The goal of this program is to build an international workforce to establish public health emergency management programs and operations centers in participating countries. In March 2021, all 141 graduates of the fellowship program were invited to complete a web survey designed to examine their job roles and functions, assess their contributions to their country's COVID-19 response, and identify needs for technical assistance to strengthen national preparedness and response systems. Of 141 fellows, 89 successfully completed the survey. Findings showed that fellowship graduates served key roles in COVID-19 response in many countries, used skills they gained from the fellowship, and desired continuing engagement between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and fellowship alumni to strengthen the community of practice for international public health emergency management.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2813.220713