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Global Disease Masterclass: Communicable Diseases Epidemiology, Intervention and Prevention
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 18 hours
  • Course by Imperial College London
  • Offered by

About

This course is all about infectious diseases. We’ve selected four disease areas — HIV, Malaria, Emerging Infectious Diseases (Ebola and Zika), and TB — and we will go through each in turn. We’ve selected these diseases because they span a range of different types of disease and allow us to look at important issues that relevance of other diseases too. We will look at each disease in the same way: we begin by looking at the aetiology and epidemiology of the diseases. We then show how data on this disease can be used to understand important trends and patterns. We then focus on the interventions that can be used to address that disease - typically spanning both prevention and treatment - and consider how policies have been developed to address the disease. We finish by reflecting on the whole topic area of the disease with an external expert.

Modules

Welcome to the Course!

    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Nice to meet you!

3 Readings

  • About Imperial College & the team
  • How to be successful in this course
  • Grading policy

Introduction to HIV

    • 5 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • End of Lesson Quiz

1 Discussions

  • Historical Headlines

5 Videos

  • Welcome
  • An Introduction to HIV
  • Epidemiology of HIV
  • Major Interventions: HIV Treatment
  • How to Access a Data Set

2 Readings

  • Historical Headlines
  • Explore the data

Preventing HIV and the future of treatment

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
    • 2 Plugin
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • End of Week Quiz

2 Discussions

  • Discuss data for your own country of choice
  • Fast-track strategy

4 Videos

  • Interventions: HIV Prevention
  • Interventions: HIV Prevention
  • Technical Strategy with Peter Ghys
  • Roundtable

1 Readings

  • Readings

Introduction to Malaria

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • End of Lesson Quiz

2 Discussions

  • Historical Headlines
  • Explore the Data

2 Videos

  • An Introduction to Malaria
  • How to Access Data

1 Readings

  • Historical Headlines

Treatment of Malaria

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 2 Plugin
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • End of Week Quiz

1 Discussions

  • E-tivity-Malaria Report/WHO technical strategy

3 Videos

  • Malaria Treatment
  • Comment on Global Plan
  • Roundtable

1 Readings

  • Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016-2030

Introduction to Emerging Infections

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Quiz

1 Discussions

  • Historical Headlines

3 Videos

  • What are Emerging Infections?
  • Ebola
  • Ebola Outbreak

2 Readings

  • Historical Headlines
  • Explore the data

Introduction to Zika

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • End of Week Quiz

1 Discussions

  • Global response plan: example of Zika

2 Videos

  • Introduction to Zika
  • Roundtable

1 Readings

  • Reading the WHO Zika response plan

Tuberculosis Overview

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • End of Lesson Quiz

1 Discussions

  • Historical Headlines

1 Videos

  • An Introduction to Tuberculosis

2 Readings

  • Historical Headlines
  • Explore the data

Treatments and interventions for TB

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • End of Week Quiz

1 Discussions

  • Stop TB

5 Videos

  • Major Interventions for TB
  • Major Interventions for TB
  • Global TB Strategy
  • Roundtable
  • Conclusions/ Wrap Up

1 Readings

  • Global TB Strategy

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Explore the "Global Disease Masterclass: Communicable Diseases Epidemiology, Intervention and Prevention" course, designed for health enthusiasts. Led by Coursera, this foundational course delves into HIV, Malaria, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and TB. Over 1080 minutes, you'll study disease aetiology, epidemiology, data trends, prevention, treatment, and policy development, with insights from external experts. Available through Starter and Professional subscriptions, this course is perfect for those keen to understand and combat infectious diseases.

Helen Ward
Instructors

Helen Ward

Timothy Hallett
Instructors

Timothy Hallett