Training in epidemiology and health surveillance: Tripartite Cooperation between Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti

Abstract

The article reports a training course which was a cooperative effort by Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti and was intended to strengthen the operational capacity of Haitian professionals in epidemiology, surveillance, and health situation analysis. This training course included forty professionals from Haiti’s Ministry of Public Health and Population who work in the country’s ten health departments, and linked epidemiological knowledge, public health, and educational action based on issues related to this work. This training permitted data on the epidemiological condition of the country to be collected and was a true laboratory for participative methodologies in epidemiological and social research.