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