FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Regional Field Epidemiology Training Program for Veterinarians (R-FETPV) 5-year Strategic Plan Partner Workshop

18/12/2020-18/12/2020 Bangkok, Thailand

In January 2008, the Thailand Government Department of Livestock Development (DLD) committed to establish the Regional Field Epidemiology Training Program for Veterinarians (R-FETPV). With a focus on One Health, this was carried out in close collaboration with the Thailand Government Ministry of Public Health which has responsibility for the R-FETP program for public health practitioners. The objective for developing the veterinary program was to produce a network of qualified and skilled veterinary field epidemiologists who can provide Thailand and other countries in the region with expertise and services to address transboundary and emerging infectious diseases that are of increasing concern to animal and human health.