Global Disease Control Programs and Policies

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This course presents the history, social and political context, organization, technical content, funding and evaluation of current, major, global initiatives for disease control. This course emphasizes programs focused on health problems of the developing world and includes, initiatives for vaccines and immunization, non-communicable diseases, safe motherhood and reproductive health, malaria, Neglected Tropical Diseases, HIV, emerging infectious diseases, TB, tobacco control, nutritional interventions and injury control. This course also examines the process of policy formulation and resource allocation to international health and disease control. 001252