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Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases

Industry-Specific
Digital Skills

Health and Wellness

Duration

60h

PRESENTATION

Our training program on Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases will provide you with the knowledge you need to build a career in the field of emerging diseases and re-emerging diseases by developing skills in taking preventive measures and the rational use of medications for the epidemic control. Throughout this course on emerging and re-emerging diseases, students will be provided with the knowledge necessary in order to identify diseases emerging and re-emerging, as well as to ensure proper epidemiological surveillance.

Objectives

  • Understanding the history of emerging diseases.

  • Define key concepts.

  • Identify risk factors.

  • Learn about advances in diagnosis.

  • Recognizing emerging diseases.

  • Identify re-emerging diseases.

  • Understanding epidemiological surveillance.

Syllabus

TEACHING UNIT 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION.

  1. History and Background
  2. Definitions
  3. Factors Contributing to the Emergence of Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases
  4. Advances in Diagnostics

TEACHING UNIT 2. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

  1. Emerging diseases: HIV, hemorrhagic fever, avian flu, Lyme disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease…
  2. Re-emerging diseases: tuberculosis, dengue, malaria, diphtheria, plague, Chagas disease, polio…

TEACHING UNIT 3. NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

  1. Cancer
  2. Eating Disorders
  3. Degenerative diseases: Parkinson's, dementias (Alzheimer's, etc.)
  4. Mental illnesses: depression, schizophrenia…
  5. Social and workplace-related illnesses: anxiety, sleep disorders, stress, burnout, boreout…

TEACHING UNIT 4. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CONTROL.

  1. Epidemiological Surveillance
  2. Health Alerts
  3. Preventive Measures
  4. Rational Use of Medications
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