This book contains a collection of 31 teaching and learning case studies from the EMR covering the years 2019 and 2020. Each case is based on real events and problems, they were developed as a learning tool for public health practitioners. The book introduces case studies based on real events in the EMR context and written by experienced field epidemiologists, mainly Field Epidemiology Training Programs’ technical advisers, residents, and graduates, and other experts in various areas of public health.
Core areas covered in detail are investigating outbreaks, surveillance systems, epidemiology, and infections control. The Case studies in this resource are from Iraq, Morocco, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, and Yemen, focusing on major outbreaks that occurred in each country such as dengue outbreak in Yemen, Diphtheria outbreak in Sudan, MERS-COV in Saudi Arabia and Hepatitis E in Pakistan and main health issues that are being investigated such as COVID19 pandemic, infectious diseases in Mass Gatherings in Iraq, hemorrhagic diseases in Sudan.
This book has been published by GHD|EMPHNET in celebration of World Field Epidemiology Day (WFED) on September 7, 2021.