Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
The short course has covered the response to challenging infectious disease outbreaks through the listed subjects: - The role of public health laboratories in protecting against threats from infectious diseases - Principles of public health microbiology including modes of transmission used by pathogens - "One Health” and how this fits into Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response - The role of public health laboratories in disease surveillance, outbreaks and epidemic investigations
2 weeks, 4 hours per week
Dr Anne Wilson
Consultant in Global Public Health, IHR Project Lead
UK Health Security Agency
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain what is meant by "Public Health Microbiology", describe common microbiological terms and explain modes of transmission used by pathogens.
- Describe the role and functions of public health laboratories in an Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response System.
- Explain what is meant by “One Health” and describe the role of health and non-health sector laboratories in the One Health agenda.
- Explain the role of public health laboratories in local and national outbreaks, epidemic investigations and disease surveillance.
- Discuss the benefits and the limitation of laboratory confirmed surveillance.
- Describe a public health laboratory network, and explain the difference between national reference laboratory networks and regional networks.
Syllabus
- What are public health laboratories and how can they help to protect my country against threats from infectious diseases?
- Principles of public health microbiology including modes of transmission used by pathogens.
- What is “One Health” and how does this fit into Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response?
- The role of public health laboratories in disease surveillance, outbreaks and epidemic investigations.
Issued on 18th May 2021
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