Emerging Health Threats: Risks, Surveillance, and Policy

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This course offers an advanced perspective on risks, surveillance, and public policies enacted as part of an overall disaster preparedness and emergency response to infectious diseases. In addition to presenting the latest disease surveillance protocols, the course will examine policies and regulatory measures undertaken to protect public health as public officials and emergency managers seek to balance community safety with individual liberties. Specific topics to be covered in the course of this class include surveillance systems (indicator-based, event-based, and event-related), surveillance data and trends, pandemics, vulnerable populations, Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act, quarantines, international issues, and disease case studies.