Communicable disease control course outline

Course title: communicable disease control

Course no:

Credit hour: 4

Ects hour: 7

Program: BSc in nursing (regular) for Year 2

Instructor: Yakob Tadese Address 0909685003 email yakobtadeseworkineh@gmail.com

: wondu Hirpho Address 0926049089 email kiyahirpo@gmail.com

OBJECTIVES
At the end of this course, students will be able

 Adopt general overview of CD, its unique feature and scope

 Differentiate the NHx ,time course and chain of infectious disease

 Identify epidemics and disease of public health importance in Ethiopia

 Contribute in the disease prevention and control program

 Solve problem of common CD

 Identify and treat communicable diseases

COURSE PRE-REQUISITE
Completion of
 Microbiology, Parasitology, Anatomy, Physiology, Epidemiology, Pharmacology

Teaching method
 Interactive presentation (lecture)

 Individual or group assignment

 Group discussion, Brain storming

Teaching Materials
 Handouts (ppt)
 LCD

Assessment method (evaluation)

 Formative assessment : participation, assignment(presentation), quizzes

 Summative assessment : written exam: mid & final exam

 Attendance criteria: Students are expected to attend all classes

: Absence will result in incomplete

COURSE CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
 Definition of CD
 Classification of communicable disease
 Epidemiology and scope of Communicable Diseases in Ethiopia
 Epidemiological terms and definition
 Time Course of Infectious Disease
 Special features of CD
 global factor for the emerging of CD

CHAPTER TWO: DEFINITION, DESCRIPTION OF THE TRANSMISSION,

PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
 Definition of CD and chain of infection
 Chain of disease and its component
 Natural History of disease
 Levels of disease prevention
 Principles of Communicable Disease Control
 Interventions strategies

CHAPTER THREE: FECO-ORALLY TRANSMITEED DISEASE

 Introduction to feco oral transmitted disease
 Typhoid fever
 Bacillary Dysentery
(shigellosis)
  Amoebiasis (Amoebic Dysentery)
 Giardiasis
 Cholera
 Viral Hepatitis (HEPATITIS A)
 Ascaris lumbricoides
 Trichuriasis
 Entrobiasis (pinworm infection)
 Strongyloidiasis (dwarf thread worm)
 Hookworm (Ancylostomiasis, Necatoriasis)
 Hydatid Disease (Echinococcosis)
 Poliomyelitis

CHAPTER FOUR: AIR BORNE DISEASES

 Common Cold
(Acute Viral Rhinitis or Coryza)
 Influenza
 Diphtheria
 Measles
 Pertusis (whooping cough)
 Pneumococcal pneumonia
 Meningococcal Meningitis
 Tuberculosis
 Leprosy (Hansen’s disease)

CHAPTER FIVE: Vector borne diseases

 Leishmaniasis
 Malaria
 Relapsing fever
 Typhus
 Yellow fever
 Filariasis
 Onchocerciasis

CHAPTER SIX: SEXUALLY TRANSIMITED DISEASE

 Factors that increase the risk of transmission of STI include:
 STI Transmission At Population Level
 Epidemiology of STIs
 The Accuracy of STI Statistics
  Distribution of STIs
 Impacts of STIs
 STI/HIV
 STRATEGIES FOR STIs PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 CHALLENGES OF CONTROLLING STIs
 INTRODUCTION TO SYNDROMIC MANAGEMENT OF STIs
 SYNDROMIC MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER SEVEN: ZOONOTIC DISEASES

 Taeniasis
 Brucellosis/Brucella/
 Toxoplasmosis
 Rabies
 Anthrax

CHAPTER EIGHT: FOOD BORNE DISEASE

 Staphylococcal Food Poisoning
(intoxication)
 Botulism
 Salmonellosis