Neglected Tropical Diseases
Objectives
After this unit, students should be able to: 1. To know the concept of Neglected tropical diseases, health programs and global initiatives. 2. To know the concepts of control, elimination and eradication. 3. To know the key interventions. 4. To know the agents of the diseases and their life cycle, vectors, epidemiology, clinic and treatment. 5. To apply control strategies. 6. To discuss challenges to the different control strategies.
General characterization
Code
9512027
Credits
2
Responsible teacher
Cláudia Conceição
Hours
Weekly - 3
Total - 22
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Attendance of 2/3 of classes is mandatory
Bibliography
Bibliography and websites are renewed annually on Moodle. • WHO. Integrating neglected tropical diseases into global health and development. Geneva: WHO, 2017. • WHO. Report of the Twelfth Meeting of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases. Geneva: WHO, 2019. • David H Molyneux, Lorenzo Savioli, Dirk Engels. Neglected tropical diseases: progress towards addressing the chronic pandemic. The Lancet 2017; 389: 312-325. • WHO’ website on Neglected tropical diseases: www.who.int/neglected_diseases/diseases/en/ • UN’ website on Sustainable Development Goals: www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
Teaching method
Theoretical and theory/practical classes, in which the concepts to be communicated will be done with the support of PowerPoint presentations.
Evaluation method
Students with at least 2/3 of frequency will be evaluated with a written essay.
Subject matter
I. Introduction Health systems: concept, objectives, building blocks. Plans and health programs: concept, articulation / integration with health systems. Global health initiatives: concept and examples. II. Neglected tropical diseases. Characteristics of Neglected tropical diseases. Concept of control, elimination and eradication. Key interventions. Water , sanitation and hygiene; health education. III. A number of Neglected tropical diseases: Life cycles, vectors, epidemiology, clinic and treatment. Lymphatic filariasis; Onchocerciasis; Dracunculiasis; Schistosomiasis; foodborne trematodiases; Cysticercosis; Echinococcosis; Rabies; Chagas disease; Trachoma.