This course is intensive introduction to the epidemiology and control of both infectious diseases  and non-communicable diseases. The course is taught from the perspective of public health communicable and non communicable disease control. The students will be able to detect, investigate, control, and prevent infectious diseases and non communicable diseases in communities. The lectures are given by public health experts that practice, teach, investigate, and conduct research in their specific areas. The course will emphasize (1) core concepts non –communicable diseases and infectious disease transmission mechanisms, dynamics, and containment; (2) evidence-based approaches to designing and implementing non-communicable and infectious disease control and prevention measures; and (3) epidemiological methods for investigating infectious and non-communicable disease diseases