For the class discussion next week,
you will each summarize surveillance/ control measures
Select one of the following, and make use of both lecture notes and information
in the readings
(this will provide you with opportunity to visit the background readings listed
for these topics):
1) Human disease and health in the developing world
2) Animal disease and health in the developing world
3) Human disease and health in the developed world
4) Animal disease and health in the developed world
Each group will give a 10 minute
presentation, followed by 5 min. discussion on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
Please adhere to the time limit. Use overheads and diagrams (or Powerpoint)
as much as possible
For control topics use a specific disease as an example:
DO NOT SPEND TIME ON DETAILS ABOUT
DISEASE AGENT, INIDVIDUAL HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS, IMMUNE RESPONSE, ETC.
Once you pick a disease, provide the other students to with background information
about it (or direct them to it).
1) Description of potential control
measures for given the transmission route(s) of a specific disease.
Consider critical links based on the whole transmission system.
2) Evaluation of these measures
for the specific disease of your choice. Why is each likely/unlikely to work?
(consider key transmission mechanisms, redundancy and overlap, effect modifiers).
3) Integration of appropriate measures
into a control strategy. Plan an integrated disease management program.
Consider issues such as choice of measures, timing of
applications, simultaneous vs. successive applications,
relative importance of different measures under varying
scenarios.
4) Evaluation of control programs. How would you evaluate the success of your proposed control program?