Ethiopia Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (EFLTP) Compiled Body of Works in Field Epidemiology
Creators: name: Tilahun, Habtamu
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: This document contains a two years Field Epidemiology Training Program outputs which is equivalent with thesis to be submitted to graduate School of Public Health for fulfillment of masters degree in Field Epidemiology. It includes reports of diseases outbreak investigations, public health surveillance data analysis, surveillance system evaluation, narrative summary of disaster situation report, manuscript, abstracts, and training reports. Chapter One: Contains disease outbreak investigations. I have conducted two outbreak investigations. The first outbreak investigation was conducted using unmatched case control study design. The investigation report contains abstract, introduction, methods, discussions, conclusion, recommendations and references separately. The second outbreak investigation was conducted on suspected Chicken pox outbreak in Yirga chefe town. It is descriptive outbreak investigation and response among two internally displaced population sites. It conatains introduction, objective, methods, results, discussion, conclusion, recommendations and references separately. Chapter Two: contains report of surveillance data analysis which was conducted on Analysis of Influenza of five years. Five years data (2013 to 2017) was used in the analysis. The objective of this study was to describe Influenza like illness cases distribution by person, place, and time to recommend possible solutions based on the findings. Chapter Three: Addresses Malaria surveillance system evaluation in Bahir dar zuria district of Amhara regional state. This chapter clearly presents the purpose and objectives of the malaria surveillance and its progress towards achieving its objectives. The surveillance system attributes: simplicity, flexibility, stability, acceptability, representativeness, timeliness, data quality, and sensitivity were also assessed in this chapter. Chapter Four: Contains report of assessment of Health Profile data description of Burie zuria district in West Gojjam zone of Amhara regional state. In this chapter health and health related data of the woreda were evidently presented which is indicative for prioritizing public health problems in the woreda. Chapter Five: Contains Scientific Manuscript for Peer reviewed Journals. It's on five years surveillance data of Infeluenza in shiro meda health center sentinel site. Chapter Six: Contains the abstract on Influenza surveillance data in Shiro meda health center sentinel site from year 2013 to 2017, abstract on outbreak investigation of Measles in Dgehabour city of Somali region in March 2019 and outbrak investigation of suspected chicken pox in Yirga chefe town in August 2018. Chapter Seven: Contains the disaster situation report of Gedeo zone in SNNP region. It describes the disaster situation of internally displaced Population from East and West Guji zones of Oromia regional state. It has its own introduction, objective, method, result, discussion and recommendations separately. Chapter Eight: Contains the project proposal to conduct an assessment on Knowledge, Attitude and practice towards use of Insecticide treated bednets in Burie zuria district of west gojjam zone of Amhara regional stae. It has separate introduction, objectives, and methods. Chapter Nine: Contains the training report of Rapid response team (RRT) in four woredas of Gedeo zone of SNNP region in August 2018.