Context
The wide circulation of goods, people and animals increases the risk of spreading communicable diseases. In order to enhance global health security with respect to biological - but also chemical, radiological and nuclear - threats, countries need to continuously monitor their population’s health and efficiently manage health risks.
Medical practitioners, public-health nurses, microbiologists, veterinarians and other public health practitioners do not train in field epidemiology during their studies, because of the very nature of the subject.
Therefore there is a need to provide these categories with the necessary hands-on experience allowing them to competently intervene when public health emergencies (such as pandemics) occur.
Objective
MediPIET aims at contributing to improve health security in the Mediterranean region.
MediPIET is a training programme which includes a 2-year “learning-by-doing” course, supports the creation of regional networks of epidemiologists and of training infrastructures.
The project activities will help to consolidate a competent public health workforce in field epidemiology capable of facing national and cross- border emergencies posed by communicable diseases.
- Reference
- IFS/2013/329859
- Project duration
- 1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2017
- Project locations
- AlbaniaAlgeriaArmeniaGeorgiaIsraelLebanonMoldovaNorth MacedoniaTunisiaTürkiyeUkraine
- CBRN areas
- Bio-safety/bio-security
- Public health impact mitigation
- CBRN categories
- Biological
- CoE Region
- MIE - Middle East
- NAS - North Africa and Sahel
- SEEE - South East and Eastern Europe
Stakeholders
Coordinators
European Commission
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
- Website
- http://www.unicri.it/
European Union External Action Service (EEAS )
Participants
Fundación Internacional y para Iberoamérica de Administración y Políticas Públicas (International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies) (FIIAPP )
- Website
- https://www.fiiapp.org/en/