BSTT 614: Health Surveillance Informatics

The course will introduce students to the principles of health surveillance and the contemporary informatics tools used to implement surveillance systems in public health. Surveillance techniques and tools have advanced in tandem with ICT technologies and analytical procedures. Students will be introduced to the contemporary as well as classical surveillance techniques currently implemented in Ghana and elsewhere. The practical challenges that confront surveillance systems in resource poor settings and how they could be remedied will also be discussed and demonstrated.