EPDC 632 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MALARIA AND PLANNING ITS CONTROL

The course strengthens students’ capacity in critical synthesis of malaria epidemiology for the planning, re-planning, implementation and evaluation of appropriately selected prevention and control options at the national, district and peripheral levels. The course topics will enable students to acquire competency in malaria policy development; malaria problem analysis and the examination of solutions. It will also cover stratification of the problem according to epidemiological and socio-economic characteristics; selection of appropriate control interventions for the different strata; the setting of priorities followed by decision-making.