Course: Disease Outbreaks in Low and Middle Income Countries

Many thanks from the course team. Lead Educator: Jimmy Whitworth Educators: Adrienne Testa, Maryirene Ibeto, Hilary Bower, Jillian Murray Course initiation and content design: Hilary Bower, Olivier le Polain, Cathy …

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Thank you for participating in the course “Disease Outbreaks in Low- and Middle-Income Countries”. In this final video, Jimmy Whitworth gives a brief summary of the last three weeks and …

We have now reached the end of Week 3 and the conclusion of the course. Thank you for participating in the discussions and case studies. By now you should have …

LSHTM. 2019. Infographic: Which interventions are used in disease outbreak response? Available from: https://moocs.lshtm.ac.uk/disease_outbreak_intervention/ LSHTM. Emergency and epidemic data kit. Available from: https://opendatakit.lshtm.ac.uk/edk/ Surveillance Outbreak Response Management System. Digital solutions …

Outbreaks continue to happen despite improvements in our abilities to prepare for and respond to them. In this step, Jimmy Whitworth (LSHTM) describes the drivers of new outbreaks; outlines new …

In this step, Dale Fisher (National University of Singapore) gives an overview of the lessons that have been learned through the last 20 years of outbreak response. Three key events …

In Week 1, we learned about the different areas of an outbreak response in which logisticians work. In this step, Megan Bassford, Petra Straight, and colleagues (Save the Children) will …

In Week 1, we learned about the role of water, sanitation and hygiene experts in outbreak response. In this step, Tom Heath (Action Contre La Faim), Luca Fontana (MSF) and …

In Week 1, we learned about the role of infection prevention and control professionals in outbreak response. In this step, Emilio Hornsey (PHE & UK-PHRST) will describe the specific activities …

In this step, Martin Antonio (MRC) outlines the key activities of microbiologists during an outbreak response. He explains what tools are needed in a laboratory to respond to an outbreak …

In Step 1.13, we learned about the role of epidemiologists in outbreak control. In this step, Hilary Bower (LSHTM and UK-PHRST) will elaborate on the specific activities and interventions that …