Communicable & NCDs diseases

Communicable & NCDs diseases  

Credit hours 4

Course Objectives: By the end of the course the student should: 
 estimate the burden of communicable diseases at individual, national, regional and global levels. 
 define communicable and non-communicable diseases. 
 explain the relationship between agents, host and environment. 
 understand that, disease is a multidimensional phenomenon. 
 explain the biological laws of disease. 
 comprehend the mode of transmission, entry and exit of communicable disease. 
 categorize communicable diseases according to mode of transmission. 
 comprehend the national history of diseases. 
 describe methods of prevention and control.

Course Contents: 
Epidemiology of infectious disease - dynamics of disease transmission - routes of transmission - the 
susceptible host - incubation period - communicable period - secondary attack rate - specific defenses, active and passive immunity - immunizing agents - disease prevention & control - immunization schedule - disinfection - investigations of an epidemic - prevention and control of major epidemic & endemic diseases in Sudan.