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2g - Communicable Disease

Communicable Disease Index

Author: Dr Sarah Anderson & Gayatri Manikkavasagan

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  • Definitions in communicable disease control
  • Surveillance - national and international - its evaluation and use
  • Methods of control
  • The design, evaluation, and management of immunisation programmes
  • Choices in developing an immunisation strategy
  • The steps in outbreak investigation including the use of relevant epidemiological methods
  • Knowledge of natural history, clinical presentation, methods of diagnosis and control of infections of local and international public health importance (including emerging diseases and those with consequences for effective control)
  • Organisation of infection control
  • A basic understanding of the biological basis, strengths and weaknesses of routine and reference microbiological techniques
  • International aspects of communicable disease control including port health
  • Communicable Disease Control Frameworks
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