The International Experience and Technical Assistance (IETA) program is a developmental training program for Federal public health employees offered by the Coordinating Office for Global Health, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. Specifically, IETA is a professional development/technical assistance program that takes place over a 12-month period.  It consists of attendance at three (3) workshops in Atlanta, Georgia (4-5 days each) and a supervised short-term (3 month minimum) overseas assignment with an international public health program. 

 The IETA program, established in 1997 to increase the number of CDC staff with international training and experience, has grown to 35 participants in 2010, who will serving overseas between May and November.

IETA recruits new participants each fall, searching for 28 CDC employees and 7 employees from other operating divisions within HHS to serve in its yearly cohorts.  The program combines classroom training with field experience, offering qualified public health professionals the opportunity to apply their technical and program management skills in an international public health setting while gaining the experience of living and working in a global setting.

To find out more about the program, please review the information provided under the sidebars to the left:  Overview, Assignment, Eligibility, Application Process and FAQs.

 

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