Abstract
The Jordanian Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET) hosted the Seventh Global Scientific Conference of the Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET) in Jordan in November 2012. This was the first time this Conference was held in the Eastern Mediterranean region. The Conference theme was "communicable and noncommunicable diseases: public health challenges and successes". Over 400 participants including field epidemiology training program residents, graduates and public health officials from 66 countries attended the Conference as well as 187 people from 57 countries who attended the conference sessions on line. The programme included 121 oral and 130 poster presentations in addition to 5 pre-conference workshops and 9 roundtable discussions. All sessions were recorded and virtually broadcasted and made available on line. The Conference succeeded in creating opportunities for dialogue between residents and graduates of field epidemiology training programmes and public health stakeholders across the region and the globe. [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.] Septieme conference scientifique mondiale TEPHINET a Amman (Jordanie) en novembre 2012 Le ministere de la Sante jordanien, en collaboration avec le Reseau de la Mediterranee orientale pour la sante publique (EMPHNET) a accueilli la septieme conference scientifique mondiale TEPHINET - Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network [Reseau des programmes de formation a l'epidemiologie aux interventions de sante publique] qui s'est tenue en Jordanie en novembre 2012. C'est la premiere fois que la Region de Mediterranee orientale accueille cette conference. Le theme etait << maladies transmissibles et non transmissibles : difficultes et succes en sante publique >>. Plus de 400 participants venant de 66 pays, dont des internes en epidemiologie de terrain, des medecins diplomes mais aussi des responsables de sante publique, y ont participe ; 187 personnes dans 57 pays ont suivi les sessions des conferences en ligne. Le programme comprenait 121 presentations orales et 130 sessions d'affiches, ainsi que cinq ateliers precedant la conference et neuf tables rondes. Toutes les sessions ont ete enregistrees, diffusees virtuellement et sont consultables en ligne. La conference a permis de creer des opportunites de dialogue entre les internes et les medecins diplomes des cursus de formation en epidemiologie de terrain et les parties prenantes en sante publique dans la region et a l'echelle mondiale.