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The International Course on Epidemiology and Applied Data Processing in Africa (Cours IEIAA) is a practical 4-week Fre n ch - l a n g u age training course for professional health care personnel wo rking in A f rica. The fi rst course was organ i zed in 1998 by the A s s o c i ation pour l'Aide a la Medecine Preve n t ive (Association for the Promotion of Preve n t ive Medicine). The course organizing committee includes a pedagogical director and a faculty of field epidemiology experts. Course activities are designed to give attendees competency in epidemiology; biostatistics; computer techniques and communication. Attendance is funded mainly through education grants from the French Foreign Affairs Ministry; WHO; UNICEF; Belgian Te chnical Cooperat i o n ; Swiss Te chnical Cooperat i o n ; and German GTZ. Based on 7 ye a rs of ex p e ri e n c e; c o n s i d e ration is now being given to transforming this course into a tutorial Field Epidemiology Training Program modeled after those now operating in Ghana and Uganda [TEPHINET members Programs located in Africa]
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Epidemiologia/educaçãoRESUMO
This manual is intended to assist health centre personnel to appreciate the use of information in order to improve health services at their level. To improve the health of the community it is essential to understand why diseases arise and to do this it is necessary to study the distribution and determinants of disease in the population. The manual is designed into seven modules which can be used independently as need arises