Last week, the Liberia FETP had the honor of hosting Dr. Jordan Tappero, Director of the Division of Global Health Protection for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Tappero, guest of Deputy Minister of Health, Tolbert Nyenswah, stopped by to observe the first workshop for Cohort 3 and encourage them to continue the hard work of protecting the people of Liberia. He also thanked them for the contributions they are making towards the international community’s Global Health Security Agenda.
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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.