Community Information Empowerment & Transparency (CIET)

CIET does epidemiological research and training with a special purpose. Our aim is to move epidemiologys centre of gravity from universities in rich countries toward places and situations where it is needed most: in developing countries, in emergencies and among marginalised populations. We want to see epidemiology used to make public services work better, reach more who need them, and be more accountable. And in addition to medical epidemics, we want to see epidemiology used against social epidemics like gender violence and corruption. Achieving this has much to do with where the epidemiology skills reside. CIET builds research capacity in communities, among local and regional health workers and in centres of emerging national research capacity. To build effective research skills, we ourselves have to do quality research. We focus on evidence that can be used to achieve an impact, using a particular mix of quantitative and qualitative methods. A core CIET capacity is larg...