Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Field Epidemiology Training Program

Background

Zimbabwe FETP is a 2- year competency based training program that consists of classroom teaching (30%) and on the job field training (70%) The program was created in 1993 with the aim of assisting the Ministry of Health and Child Care create a permanent capacity to recruit, train and employ public health practitioners to sustain the public health infrastructure. To date it has enrolled 26 cohorts and 24 have completed translating to 262 residents. Of these 251 (96%) have graduated with an MPH degree. The majority of these graduates are currently employed in-country by the Ministry of Health and Child Care in Zimbabwe.

Major highlights of the period under review include the assessment of the program for accreditation by the accreditation review team (ART) from the 13th to the 17th November 2017. The program has since been accredited. In addition 15 of the 18 residents successfully completed training in November 2017.

Major highlights of the period under review include the following:

• Participation of the Zimbabwe FETP residents in the current cholera outbreak control activities in Harare.

• Participation of the Zimbabwe FETP at the launch of the ACoDD in Kampala, Uganda, 7-8 May, 2019.

• Participation of the Zimbabwe FETP at the 67th EIS conference

Publications

PUBLICATIONS IN 2018

TITLE	CATEGORY	LINK
Evaluation of sexual and gender-based violence program in Harare City, Zimbabwe, 2016: a descriptive cross-sectional study	RESEARCH	http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/31/200/full/
Evaluation of the adverse events following immunization surveillance system in Guruve district, Mashonaland Central 2017	RESEARCH	http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/31/202/full/
An investigation of pyrexia of unknown origin in Shamva District, Zimbabwe, September 2015	CASE STUDY	http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/series/30/1/10/full/
Investigating a foodborne illness outbreak at a private girls’ school in Mashonaland East	CASE STUDY	http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/series/30/1/11/full/

Cohorts

FETP resident enrollment and currently in-training by the Program

FETP level	Cohort	Start date	Expected completion date dd/mm/yr	Track	Number enrolled	Number in training this quarter
Advanced	XXV	January 2017	November 2018	Epi	15	15
Advanced	XXVI	January 2018	November 2019	Epi	15	14

Of the 15 in Cohort XXV, 11 residents are fulltime and four are part-time. These include nine medical officers, two laboratory scientists, one nurse, one veterinarian, one pharmacist, and one Health Promotion Officer.

Of the 14 in Cohort XXVI, 9 residents are fulltime and five are part-time. These include four medical officers, three nurses, three Environmental Health Officers, two nutritionists, one laboratory scientist and one physiotherapist.