Background

The SAFELTP was officially inaugurated in May 2006. It is modeled after the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). There are currently four other similar programmes in Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe) as well as additional ones throughout the rest of the world.

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FELTPs are designed to help Ministries of Health build or strengthen their health systems by recruiting promising young health workers and building their competencies through on-the-job mentorship and training. Because the students work in active public health teams that are tackling the most serious and acute problems of their populations, their work is exciting and leads to improvements in programme implementation even as the students are learning.