Theme Selection: 2022 World Field Epidemiology Day

Published on February 22, 2022

TEPHINET invites you to vote on the theme for this year’s #WorldFieldEpidemiologyDay campaign! The deadline to vote is March 7, 2022.

Click here to vote: https://surveymonkey.com/r/WFED2022

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Effectiveness of contact tracing in the control of infectious diseases: a systematic review

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