Major Endemic Diseases
Objectives
After this unit, students should be able to: 1. Know the processes and mechanisms influencing the emergence and re-emergence of Transmissible Diseases, in particular those known as Major Endemic Diseases: malaria, tuberculosis, VIH/AIDS, hepatitis and other vector borne diseases. 2. Be capable of establishing the importance of Major Endemic Diseases as a Public Health and Development problem. 3. Be able to evaluate and analyze control measures for Major Endemic Diseases in terms of their epidemiological, socioeconomic and operational determinants.
General characterization
Code
5788011
Credits
4
Responsible teacher
Luís Sambo
Hours
Weekly - 9
Total - 40
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Bibliography
• Jamison, D T., et al. Eds. (2006). Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press. • WHO, A Global Brief on Vector Borne Diseases, 2014, Geneva. • WHO, World malaria report 2019, Geneva. • WHO, Global tuberculosis report 2020, Geneva. • WHO Guidelines on Tuberculosis Infection, Prevention and Control, 2019 update, Geneva. • WHO.Priority interventions: HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health Sector, July 2010, Geneva. • UNAIDS DATA 2020, Geneva. • Wallace R and Kohatsu N, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Mc Graw Hill, 2008, New York. (Chapter 15 on Diseases Transmitted Primarily by Arthropod Vectors)
Teaching method
The Unit is organized in lectures (one for each disease) introducing the themes, followed by group discussion. Case studies will be presented and discussed in support of the learning objectives.
Evaluation method
Assessment will be continuous during the contact time. An analytic report on control programs (or their components) will be asked.
Subject matter
I. Concepts: endemic disease, epidemic, emerging and re-emerging disease. II. Major endemic diseases: : malaria, tuberculosis, VIH/AIDS, hepatitis and other vector borne diseases as Public Health problems: epidemiological factors; socioeconomic factors. III. Control strategy design: operational factors.