International Experience and Technical Assistance (IETA) Program

Are you looking for an outstanding opportunity to gain experience in international public health work?  Then, the International Experience and Technical Assistance (IETA) training program may be for you! 

The International Experience and Technical Assistance (IETA) program is a developmental training program for Federal public health employees offered by the Center 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 (3-4 days each) and a supervised short-term (12-week minimum) overseas assignment with an international public health program.  All cohort participants serve overseas between May and November in one of the 50-plus countries where CDC has an overseas presence.

Currently, IETA Cohort 14’s twenty-two participants represent CDC, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Office of the Secretary (OS). They are serving in Cambodia, Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Thailand, South Africa and Zimbabwe, working with the CGH/Overseas Operations Office, the Division of Global HIV/AIDS (DGHA), the Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response (DGDDER), the Division of Global Migration & Quarantine (DGMQ).

To find out more about the program, please review the information provided under the sidebars to the left: 

• Overview
• Assignments
• Eligibility
• Application Process

If there are any questions about the program, you are welcome to send an e-mail to ieta@cdc.gov or contact the Program Coordinator at 404.718.8874.

Upcoming Informational Sessions!

IETA will begin recruiting for its 2013 IETA Cohort 15 in late August, searching for up to 25 participants: 20 CDC employees, and 5 employees from other HHS component agencies. Check this website again in mid-August for details regarding informational sessions.