Syria’s second FETP cohort trains to strengthen disease surveillance and outbreak response

Country: Syrian Arab Republic Source: World Health Organization 15 July 2026, Cairo, Egypt – The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean has launched the Syrian Arab Republic’s second cohort of the Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP), strengthening the capacity of health workers to detect disease outbreaks earlier and respond rapidly to public health risks. Disease surveillance helps health authorities identify unusual patterns of illness before they develop into wider