Epidemics III

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English

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10 h

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Free Access
Fee-based Certificate

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5 Sequences
Introductive Level
Subtitles in Chinese

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Syllabus

Week 1: Control (Disease surveillance)

Disease Surveillance Overview
Emerging Infections and Outbreak Detection
Syndromic Surveillance
Serologic Surveillance
Surveillance - Evaluation of Control Measures (Control Studies)
Surveillance - Evaluation of Control Measures (Active and Passive Surveillance)
Surveillance - Evaluation of Control Measures (Vaccine Effectiveness)
Supplementary Module: Harnessing Multinational Data Sources in Global Models to Inform Vaccine Policy

Week 2: Control (Non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI))

Non-pharmaceutical Interventions Overview and John Snow
Control of Cholera
Hygiene and Other Personal Interventions
Isolation and Quarantine and Contact Tracing
School Closure
International Measures Including Travel Restrictions and Entry Screening
Zoonoses - Market Closure

Week 3: Panel Discussion on WHO’s Response to the Ebola Outbreak

The Stocking Report
Outbreak Alert and Emergency Response
WHO Preparedness Centres
Ebola Vaccine
Health System Infrastructure
Lessons Learned
Communication Strategy

Week 4: Control (Vaccination)

Brief History and Current Issues
How Vaccines Work
Herd Immunity and Other Indirect Benefit
How to Measure Vaccine Effect
Vaccine Trials
Safety
Influenza Vaccines
Measuring Vaccine Impact on Populations
Vaccine Economics
Introducing a New Vaccine

Week 5: Panel Discussion on Anti-vaccination, and Supplementary Module on Next Generation Informatics for Global Health

The State of Vaccine Confidence
Vaccine Confidence and Hesitancy
Trust
Measles Vaccine
Experimental Vaccines: Ebola
Vaccination: a basic health right?
Supplementary Module: Digital Health & Epidemiology

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

Gabriel M. Leung
Professor
The University of Hong Kong

Joseph Wu
Professor
The University of Hong Kong

Guan Yi
Professor
The University of Hong Kong

Malik Peiris
Professor
The University of Hong Kong

Marc Lipsitch
Professor
Harvard University

Tommy Lam
Assistant Professor
The University of Hong Kong

Kwok-Yung Yuen
Professor
The University of Hong Kong

Mark Jit
Professor
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Maria Huachen Zhu
Associate Professor
The University of Hong Kong

Benjamin Cowling
Professor
The University of Hong Kong

Thomas Abraham
Honorary Associate Professor
The University of Hong Kong

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