Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Indian J Public Health. 2018 Apr-Jun;62(2):143-145. doi: 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_336_17.
To strengthen epidemiological capacity in the country, the Government of India in 2012 initiated a unique, competency-based training in epidemiology. Modeled along the United States Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), this 2-year mentor-driven and practical-oriented program, based on "learning by doing," is being implemented by the National Centre for Disease Control in Delhi, in close collaboration with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. In its 4 year now, many lessons learned so far are being used to expand the program, without compromising on the technical quality. Many including the trainees who have completed the program speak highly of the epidemiological skills imparted in real time and feel that if the India EIS program is "regionalized" and expanded rapidly, it could in due course transform public health in the country.
为了加强本国的流行病学能力，印度政府于 2012 年启动了一项独特的、基于能力的流行病学培训。该培训以美国传染病学服务处（EIS）为模型，为期 2 年，由导师指导并注重实践，以“边做边学”为基础，由德里的国家疾病控制中心实施，与亚特兰大的美国疾病控制与预防中心密切合作。该培训已开展 4 年，目前正在利用迄今积累的诸多经验扩大培训范围，同时又不影响技术质量。许多包括已完成培训的学员都高度评价实时传授的流行病学技能，并认为如果印度的传染病学服务处计划“区域化”并迅速扩大，那么它将在未来改变该国的公共卫生。
