Epidemiology and Principles of Control of Communicable Diseases and Epidemic Diseases of Global Importance

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. describe principles of prevention and control of communicable diseases; 2. explain disease control, elimination, eradication, surveillance (disease notification, DSN); 120 3. discuss epidemiology and control of major endemic diseases in Nigeria including those transmitted by or through the following routes, ingestion (facco-orally), inhalation (airborne), vector-borne, contact, zoonotic diseases; 4. describe epidemiology and control of some important diseases in Nigeria (malaria, cholera, tuberculosis, HIV, Onchocerciasis, Schistosomiasis, HIV); 5. illustrate the WHO special programme for tropical diseases; and 6. enumerate control of diseases of global importance (Ebola, COVID-19).

Principles of prevention and control of communicable diseases (incubation period, quarantine, isolation). Epidemiology and control of major endemic diseases in Nigeria including those transmitted by or through the following routes. Ingestion (facco-orally), inhalation (airborne), vector-borne, contact, zoonotic diseases. Disease control, disease elimination, disease eradication, disease surveillance (disease notification, DSN), Epidemiology and control of some important diseases in Nigeria (malaria, cholera, tuberculosis, HIV, Onchocerciasis, Schistosomiasis, HIV). The WHO special programme for tropical diseases. Control of diseases of Global importance (Ebola, COVID-19).