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Epidemics, Pandemics and Outbreaks
Course
en
English
12 h
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 4 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Week 1: Introduction
Welcome to Week One! This week’s lesson immerses you in the world of epidemics, pandemics and outbreaks and our efforts to prevent and respond to them. It will prepare you to engage in depth with the lessons that are coming up in weeks 2-4: "Understanding Infe... - Week 2 - Week 2: Understanding Infectious Diseases
Welcome to Week Two! This week’s lesson provides you with the tools needed to understand the world of infectious disease. It will allow you to develop a context of knowledge and familiarity with the concepts that inform legal and public health response strateg... - Week 3 - Week 3: Global Health Security
Welcome to Week 3! Now that you are more familiar with the nature and history of infectious disease, consider the following quote from Natalie Angier, American nonfiction writer and a science journalist for The New York Times: “Today, diseases as common as the... - Week 4 - Week 4: Local Countermeasures
Welcome to Week Four! This week’s lesson introduces you to the legal interventions available to state and local public health practitioners to combat epidemics, pandemics and outbreaks. In addition to the law, we will look at some of the ethical and practical ...
Prerequisite
None
Instructors
Elena A. Baylis
Associate Professor
Law
Elizabeth Ferrell Bjerke, JD
Director, JD/MPH Program
Health Policy and Management
Amesh A. Adalja, MD, FACP
Senior Associate
UPMC Center for Health Security
Ryan Morhard
Guest Instructor
Editor
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