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BEOH 674 VACCINOLOGY IN PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTION

Credits: 
2

The course provides an introduction to Vaccinology as applied to humans and its application in the health sector.  A basic understanding of the immune system and immunology as it applies to vaccines and vaccination including knowledge of current and potential vaccine preventable diseases, causative organisms, etiology, epidemiology, herd immunity and implications and indications for vaccination.  The course will provide a good understanding of the structure and function of vaccines, vaccine development and manufacture, and an understanding of how vaccine safety is established and monitored. It will ensure an understanding of Ghana’s policy, schedule and the rationale behind vaccines.