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Epidemics III

Name: Epidemics III
Price: 139 USD
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The University of Hong Kong

About this course

Explore the science, prevention and control of epidemics in this free online course. In addition to lectures by leading scientists in this field from HKU, this course will feature a supplementary module on COVID-19 and panel discussions with world-leading experts in epidemics. This is the third (control of infectious diseases) of the four courses, covers these topics: Disease Surveillance Non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) Vaccination (Effectiveness, Trials, Safety, Impact on Populations, Vaccine Economics, Confidence and Hesitancy) Panel Discussion on WHO’s Response to the Ebola Outbreak; and Anti-vaccination

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What you'll learn

Understand disease surveillance methods
Evaluate the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions
Asses vaccination strategies including trials and safety
Analyze WHO's response to health crises like Ebola

Public Health #epidemiology #disease prevention #health communication #covid-19 #vaccine economics #non-pharmaceutical interventions #disease surveillance #vaccine trials #public health response #WHO

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