- From www.edx.org
Epidemics III
МООК
en
Английский
Subtitles available
10 h
This content is rated 0 out of 5
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 5 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Субтитры доступны на Chinese
Course details
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
Platform
EdX est une plateforme d'apprentissage en ligne (dite FLOT ou MOOC). Elle héberge et met gratuitement à disposition des cours en ligne de niveau universitaire à travers le monde entier. Elle mène également des recherches sur l'apprentissage en ligne et la façon dont les utilisateurs utilisent celle-ci. Elle est à but non lucratif et la plateforme utilise un logiciel open source.
EdX a été fondée par le Massachusetts Institute of Technology et par l'université Harvard en mai 2012. En 2014, environ 50 écoles, associations et organisations internationales offrent ou projettent d'offrir des cours sur EdX. En juillet 2014, elle avait plus de 2,5 millions d'utilisateurs suivant plus de 200 cours en ligne.
Les deux universités américaines qui financent la plateforme ont investi 60 millions USD dans son développement. La plateforme France Université Numérique utilise la technologie openedX, supportée par Google.
This content is rated 4.5 out of 5
(no review)This content is rated 4.5 out of 5
(no review)Complete this resource to write a review