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social norms and public policies on health-related behaviors and health status. The uniqueness of this
course is that the health management model has been added which gives more value to the current
model on field epidemiology training.

The course was conducted through various methods; lectures, group works, case studies, field visits,
and simulation exercises and hands-on experience in the laboratory at the National Public Health
Laboratory, Sungai Buloh. Participants were also taken to The National Crisis Response Preparedness
Centre in Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Health District Office and Petaling Health
District Office to get the experience in managing disease prevention and control programs at district
level and port of entry (KLIA).

The EIMP will increase the awareness of the role of epidemiology to public health by discussing
some of the more common applied issues involved in epidemiology and public health. It also provides
knowledge and strengthens applied epidemiology thus enhances public health surveillance and outbreak
management. The topics are thought-provoking, even controversial, to stimulate interest and debate.
To a larger extent, participants were exposed to a range of ways thinking about health services and
health system.

Drawing on epidemiology, history, medicine, economics and sociology, the EIMP will help participants
understand how service function, the reasons services are developed in the way they are, the basis
of some universal, persistent problems, and some possible solutions to such difficulties. Overall, the
objectives of MTCP-EIMP for this year have been achieved. A total number of 15 participants were
selected from 12 different countries but only 14 participants from 11 countries attended and completed
the course. We hope to have a minimum of 20 participants attending the course next year and increase
the duration of the course if financial support is sufficient.

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Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme-Epidemiological Intelligence Management
Programme (MTCP-EIMP)

MTCP EIMP 2017 Participants With Director Of IHM Site Visits To KLIA Health Office

Source: Institute for Health Management, MoH

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