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Commentary for Special Issue ‘‘Public health is new in Saudi Arabia. With this degree, I can go back and help to develop the field there.’’ – Naif Mohammed Alraihan, King Abdullah Fellow, Rollins School of Public Health, 2015.
McNabb, SJN, AM Assiri, S Alsaggaf, and ZA Memish
Abstract
In May 2010, His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah (previous) Minister of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) visited Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU). This MOU contained elements of collaboration that included the challenge to train MoH staff in the sciences of public health practice (e.g., epidemiology, biostatistics, program monitoring and evaluation, public health surveillance).