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  "abstract": "Introduction: Public Health Emergency Management frameworks, fellowships and curricula differ in emergency-cycle coverage, role differentiation and assessment. This paper developed one open, full-cycle curriculum that countries can adapt. Methods: A structured documentary review was conducted up to 5 October 2026. The search covered PubMed, institutional repositories, training-provider sites and regional sources in four languages across all six World Health Organization regions. The curriculum drew on 81 sources: 27 (33.3%) from global bodies, 20 (24.7%) from North American institutions and 34 (42.0%) from other regions. Six public packages were examined for what they already provide. Curriculum development followed a six-step model. Competencies drawn from the sources were rewritten as observable performance statements. Results: The curriculum organizes learning in four layers: a universal core, a context-adaptable core, 16 role pathways and optional specializations. Learners advance through five proficiency levels, from understand to govern and evaluate. Twenty-two domains in five clusters carry 132 outcomes, each traceable to its sources. The clusters are foundations and risk reduction, preparedness, incident management, response functions, and recovery and learning. Graduates demonstrate competence through twelve proposed workplace or simulation products. By comparison, none of the three existing educational packages examined combined full-cycle competencies, differentiated role pathways, teaching content, simulation, workplace products, mentor guidance and assessment in one publicly available package. Conclusion: Ministries and training institutions can adapt one open, traceable specification. It remains a proposal until external content validation, consensus review, country adaptation, field testing and effectiveness evaluation are complete.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "National Public Health Agency, Freetown, Sierra Leone",
    "Foothills Community-Based Interventions, Monticello, Kentucky, United States of America",
    "African Field Epidemiology Network, Kampala, Uganda",
    "Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/3tfcm26gjak9y.bib",
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  "doi": "10.37432/jieph-d-26-00297",
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  "published": "2026-10-01",
  "publisher": "African Field Epidemiology Network",
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  "title": "A proposed generic open curriculum for public health emergency management: An evidence-informed synthesis for country adaptation",
  "title_text": "A proposed generic open curriculum for public health emergency management: An evidence-informed synthesis for country adaptation",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-03T14:20:53Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/3tfcm26gjak9y",
  "venue": "Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health",
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