- Level
- Short Course
- Subject
- Health Studies
- Location
- United Kingdom
Overview
• An introduction to the epidemiology of communicable diseases and the ways in which the burden of disease can be compared and evaluated between different countries. • A critical evaluation of the main diseases spread by poor sanitation and contamination of drinking water. For example cholera, schistosomiasis, food poisoning, dysentery, etc. • A critical evaluation of the main vector-borne diseases including malaria, DHF, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, filariasis, Chagas Disease • The impact of pneumonia on the health of children in developing countries. • An evaluation of the worldwide spread of HIV/AIDS and the impact on the human population.
Application deadline
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Campus
- Online, United Kingdom
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