Epidemics III

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