The Egypt FETP was the second Field Epidemiology Training Program to develop within the Eastern Mediterranean region. The advanced-level (two-year) program began in 1993 in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The program aims to produce proficient field epidemiologists to serve the Ministry of Health and Population in disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, and response activities and strengthen public health systems. Mentoring is successfully implemented to drive rich learning and improvement for both residents and mentors. Most of the program's graduates have continued their public health careers after graduation working as epidemiologists to serve the preventive sector of the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population and have filled leadership positions at central and governorate levels. Several graduates are working for the World Health Organization (WHO), African CDC, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), and other international non-governmental organizations.