The European health for all database provides easy and rapid access to a wide range of
basic health statistics (indicators) for the 51 Member States of the World Health
Organization (WHO) European Region. It was developed by the WHO Regional Office for Europe
in the mid 1980s to support the monitoring of health trends in the Region. The database is
a helpful tool for international comparison and for assessing the health situation and
trends in any European country in an international context.
There are two versions of the database: the online version (http://hfadb.who.dk/hfa/), and the offline version,
which can be downloaded from the WHO Regional Office for Europe’s website (http://www.who.dk/eprise/main/WHO/InformationSources/Data/20011012_1).
Training fellowships for intervention epidemiology in Europe: 9th cohort
of EPIET starting October 2003
The European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) started in 1995.
The programme is funded by the European Commission and by various European Union (EU)
member states as well as Norway and the World Health Organization (WHO). Subject to
agreement for another round of funding, the ninth cohort of fellows will start in October
2003. The programme invites applications for 10 fellowships for this 24 month training
programme in communicable disease field epidemiology.
Fellowships
Applicants for the 2003 cohort must be nationals of an EU member country or Norway and
should have experience in public health, a keen interest in field work and be pursuing a
career involving public health infectious disease epidemiology. They should have a good
knowledge of English and of at least one other EU language and be prepared to live abroad
for a period of 24 months. The professional with appropriate experience is likely to be
below 40 years of age.
Aim of the training
The aim of the training is to enable the fellow to assume service responsibilities in
communicable disease epidemiology. The in service training will focus on outbreak
investigations, disease surveillance, applied research, and communications with decision
makers, the media, the public and the scientific community.
Fellows will attend a three week intensive introductory course and then be based at a host
institute in one of the 15 participating European countries, Norway and WHO. Further
training modules are organised during the two year programme, normally in one of the
participating national institutes with responsibility for communicable disease
surveillance. Detailed information can be obtained from the EPIET programme office at the
address below. Letters of application accompanied by a curriculum vitae should be
submitted by 28 February 2003 to:
EPIET Programme Office
Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI) / EPI
SE-171 82 Solna, Sweden
Tel: +46 8 457 23 70
Fax: +46 8 30 06 26
mailto: carole.desmoulins@smi.ki.se
www.EPIET.org