On March 4, 2022, Liberia Field Epidemiology Training Program (LFEFP) graduated the second cohort of her Executive FETP (FETP-E). Fourteen Medical Directors from referral health facilities of thirteen counties in Liberia were equipped with the requisite public health knowledge and skills to adequately supervise disease surveillance in their respective health facilities. The graduation ceremony was marked by speeches from the faculty and presentations by the graduating cohort members.
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The Liberia Field Epidemiology Training Program (LFETP) began in August 2015. The program is funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and implemented by the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET). Emory University was instrumental and directly involved in standing up and implementing the program for the first year of LFETP’s existence.