To provide support to allow early career researchers to attend the first International Workshop on Gastroenteritis Viruses in Shanghai, China in September 2017.

To provide support for the Public Health Prevention Service Alumni Association by maintaining a national network of public health professionals.

To provide applied epidemiology training to public health officials from the ministries of health of the French-speaking member states that constitute the Economic Community of West African States.

To evaluate Saudi Arabia's infectious disease surveillance system, help train local and regional disease detectives and improve the country's capacity to monitor for and respond to infectious disease outbreaks.