In addition to the overall Master of Public Health degree competencies, Global Communicable Diseases graduates will be able to: - Interpret the natural history of disease-causing parasites, bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other organisms of major public health concern, as well as the disease processes and clinical manifestations caused by those infectious organisms;
- Identify the appropriate diagnosis, epidemiology, surveillance, control, treatment and prevention of communicable diseases;
- Describe the natural human defenses, the appropriate use of diagnostic techniques and serological surveillance, and the role of preventive interventions and treatments such as vaccines and antibiotics against communicable diseases;
- Identify the cultural, social, and economic factors that contribute to the incidence and prevalence, as well as the transmission, control, treatment, and prevention of communicable diseases;
- Identify the public health conditions and problems related to the surveillance and control of communicable diseases in developing countries;
- Design programs for the surveillance and control of communicable diseases;
- Apply principles of immunology, molecular biology and other essential biological sciences disciplines in the laboratory settings for research and the diagnosis, surveillance, control, treatment, and prevention of communicable diseases;
- Prepare and present information about communicable diseases to other members of health-related professions and to members of the public in a professional and effective manner;
- Explain factors such as biology, ecology and dynamics of arthropod vector populations that affect transmission of specific communicable diseases such as malaria and dengue; and
- Recognize the roles of the laboratory in the Public Health system and have a thorough understanding of the complexity and inter-connectivity of all levels of laboratory services.
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