FETP – 40 Years of Protecting the World by Building Global Health Capacity – Over the past 40 years, CDC helped establish Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs) throughout the world, with over 18,000 trained disease detectives in over 80 countries.

Thailand FETP Celebrates 40 Years of Training, Mentorship, and Public Health Successes – In 1980, Thailand initiated the very first FETP — then known as “Global EIS” — outside of North America.

Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) 40th Anniversary – In more than 80 countries, CDC has supported partner-government efforts to train a local workforce of qualified “disease detectives.”

FETP 40th Anniversary Photo Gallery – In this photo gallery, we show FETPs over the years in action responding to real threats in communities around the world.