One Field Epidemiologist per 200,000 Population: Lessons Learned from Implementing a Global Public Health Workforce Target

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Abstract

The World Health Organization monitoring and evaluation framework for the International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005) describes the targets for the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) indicators. For workforce development, the JEE defines the optimal target for attaining and complying with the IHR (2005) as 1 trained field epidemiologist (or equivalent) per 200,000 population. We explain the derivation and use of the current field epidemiology workforce development target and identify the limitations and lessons learned in applying it to various countries' public health systems. This article also proposes a way forward for improvements and implementation of this workforce development target.

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Williams, S. G., Fontaine, R. E., Turcios Ruiz, R. M., Walke, H., Ijaz, K., & Baggett, H. C. (2020). One Field Epidemiologist per 200,000 Population: Lessons Learned from Implementing a Global Public Health Workforce Target. Health Security, 18(S1), S113–S118. https://doi.org/10.1089/hs.2019.0119

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