Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Collecting and Using Data for Disease Control and Global Health Decision-Making
Johns Hopkins University and STRIPE
This online course focused on the challenges of conducting epidemiologic surveillance to gather data to inform decision-making and planning. Using the polio eradication effort as a case study, it reviewed best practices for collecting, as well as using data and the application of surveillance systems in various settings. Topics included: field epidemiology and emergency response; surveillance systems; conducting surveillance in hard-to-reach areas; and challenges and strategies in data use.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Olakunle Alonge
Principal Investigator, Synthesis and Translation of Research and Innovations from Polio Eradication (STRIPE)
Johns Hopkins University
Svea Closser
Associate Professor of International Health
STRIPE
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify various surveillance systems
- Discuss the best practices for conducting epidemiologic surveillance
- Apply surveillance techniques in hard to reach areas
- Discuss best practices for making data-informed decisions
- Reflect on and apply the lessons learned from the polio eradication effort
Syllabus
- Field epidemiology and emergency response
- Understanding surveillance systems with examples from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria
- Conducting surveillance in hard-to-reach areas
- Data for decision-making
- Challenges and strategies in data use
Issued on 23rd May 2021
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