Field Epidemiology Training Programs to accelerate public health workforce development and global health security

•FETPs build a global workforce that significantly enhances global health security.•FETPs have trained tens of thousands of disease detectives around the world.•More work is needed to strengthen field epidemiology workforce capacity through FETP.•A new global partnership has launched to ensure progress for the FETP Enterprise.•FETP should remain a model for global public health workforce capacity building.