Our course on Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases will enable you to acquire the knowledge you need to specialise in the field of emerging diseases and re-emerging diseases, by developing skills in preventive measures and the rational use of medicines for the epidemic control. Throughout this course on emerging and re-emerging diseases, students will be provided with the knowledge necessary in order to be able to to identify diseases emerging and re-emerging, as well as to enable effective epidemiological surveillance.
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Physical Health
60 hours
Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases
Physical Health
60 hours
Introduction
Objectives
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Understanding the history of emerging diseases.
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Define key concepts.
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Identify risk factors.
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To learn about advances in diagnosis.
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Recognising emerging diseases.
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To identify re-emerging diseases.
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Understanding epidemiological surveillance.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION.
- History and background
- Definitions
- Factors contributing to the emergence of emerging and re-emerging diseases
- Advances in diagnosis
TEACHING UNIT 2. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
- Emerging diseases: HIV, haemorrhagic fever, avian flu, Lyme disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease…
- Re-emerging diseases: tuberculosis, dengue, malaria, diphtheria, plague, Chagas’ disease, poliomyelitis…
TEACHING UNIT 3. NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
- Cancer
- Eating disorders
- Degenerative diseases: Parkinson’s, dementias (Alzheimer’s, etc.)
- Mental illnesses: depression, schizophrenia…
- Social and work-related illnesses: anxiety, sleep disorders, stress, burnout, boreout…
TEACHING UNIT 4. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CONTROL.
- Epidemiological surveillance
- Health alerts
- Preventative measures
- Rational use of medicines
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