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Overview
Disease control refers to a broad package of strategies for controlling diseases, from primary prevention, health promotion, and health legislation to screening for early detection, treatment and rehabilitation.
This Control Strategies for Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases course from the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) is designed to help disease control officers retain the strength of their programmes while moving towards more integrated and sector-wide approaches.
Objectives
At the end of the module students will be able to:
- appraise and interpret research results on the epidemiology of communicable diseases (CDs) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and describe how they can inform relevant decision-making processes about control strategies
- analyse and critically discuss different approaches and strategies used in disease control and formulate context-appropriate strategies to control one or more CDs and/or NCDs
- compare and contrast the approaches to the control of communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases (i.e. behavioural, immunological, environmental, nutritional, service delivery) in relation to relevant levels of prevention
- analyse and critically discuss strengths and weaknesses of specific disease control programmes or strategies (CD & NCD) in relation to integrated approaches of health systems development and current health reforms regarding the control of CDs & NCDs
Programme Structure
Course content:- trends, high-risk populations, behavioural risk factors, transmission patterns, epidemic-endemic, infection-disease, etc.
- approaches to the control of communicable and non-communicable diseases, and similarities and differences between control strategies.
- control strategies, such as: screening/case finding and case management, vaccination, adherence and retrieval of patients, prevention, monitoring & evaluation, surveillance, health promotion, environmental interventions, legislation/regulation etc.
- malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, obesity
- analysis and design of control programmes both at the level of health services and intersectorally, for both CDs & NCDs
- implications and interactions between current health reforms and CD & NCD control strategies; and more
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 20 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
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Language
English
Credits
5 ECTS
4,5
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Health Sciences View 30 other Short Courses in Health Sciences in NetherlandsAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Academic training or a professional qualification in a relevant field
- Work experience in a related area, including experience in management or planning in developing countries
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
- A one-page letter of motivation
- Copies of your diplomas and grade reports
- An up-to-date curriculum vitae and a list of publications if applicable
Tuition Fee
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International
2390 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2390 EUR for the full programme during 20 days. -
EU/EEA
2390 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2390 EUR for the full programme during 20 days.
Living costs for Amsterdam
1000 - 1500 EUR /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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