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MBT Project

Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response, Data Science Capabilities, and Coordination Mechanisms for Field Epidemiologists in the ASEAN Plus 3 Field Epidemiology Training Network (FETN) to Better Prepare for, Detect, and Respond to Global Pandemics (MBT)

Objectives

  1. To build capacity of field epidemiologists in public health emergency preparedness and response.
  2. To up-skill field epidemiologists and public health officers in data science to facilitate the translation and communication of data for evidence-based policy development.
  3. To strengthen the coordination mechanism of the ASEAN Plus 3 FETN Coordinating Office.

Activities

  1. Conducting joint activities including table-top exercises, hands-on workshops, and joint field training (e.g., surveillance evaluation, risk assessment, outbreak investigation, etc.).
  2. Jointly with Health Informatics Organizations and IFETP Thailand, conducting the 6-month training module and hands-on experience in data science. Participants are field epidemiologists (advanced and intermediate levels).
  3. Developing report/manuscripts of health situation analysis using Python and other data science tools.
  4. A series of video conferences will be administered to facilitate further dialogue and mechanisms for collaboration among the ASEAN Plus 3 member countries.
  5. Conducting the Annual ASEAN+3 FETN Steering Committee and related meetings.
  6. Sharing experiences, constraints, and achievements in organizing field epidemiology training programs across countries and disciplines among FETP Coordinating Offices and ASEAN secretariat.
  7. Reviewing and reporting the progress of collaboration to prepare an annual report.