Courses
Infectious Diseases and Global Health 3 - 26 May 2016
More information www.isglobal.org/education
This course will focus on the group of infectious diseases that harbor the greatest burden worldwide and/or of those that represent some of the greatest challenges for the global health community.
Infectious Diseases and Global Health Programme
Practical details
• Managing infectious diseases in limited-resources settings
Location: Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona C/ Casanova, 143, Barcelona
• Management of sexually transmitted diseases
Dates: 3 - 26 May 2016
• Respiratory infections in the tropics: melioidosis and fungal diseases
Timetable: Monday to Thursday, 9.00 - 11.00 h
• Tropical ophthalmology: trachoma
Language of instruction: Spanish/English
• Tropical ulcer
Tuition fees: 450€ + University taxes
• Meningitis and meningococcal vaccination • Neonatal infections
Length: 28 contact hours / 47 hours of independent study
• Uncomplicated malaria
Credits: 3 ECTS
• Severe malaria
More information: www.isglobal.org/education or formacion@isglobal.org
• Challenges in the treatment and control of malaria: fake drugs and drug resistance • The challenge of diagnosing tuberculosis. Childhood TB • Treatment of tuberculosis in the 21st century: drug resistance and direct observed treatment
Assessment
• Case study: outbreak investigation and control
• Written exam: 80%
• Clinical challenges of the HIV pandemic in its 4th decade
• Class participation: 20%
• Challenge: HIV/TB co-infection and other neglected opportunistic infections
Admission requirements
• Pediatric HIV • Emerging infectious diseases: chikungunya, dengue, Mers coronavirus
Students or professionals with some level of medical, paramedical or biomedical scientific background who wish to broaden their perspective of the various subject areas of major infectious diseases.
• Chagas disease: clinical management of a silent disease
Application
• Other Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) of importance: leishmaniasis, human African trypanosomiasis (HAT)
Interested candidates must send the following documents to formacion@isglobal.org:
• Tropical neurology
• Outbreak control. Cholera case study: outbreak investigation and control
Course coordinator Jose Muñoz, Assistant Research Professor. ISGlobal, International Health Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
• Motivation letter • CV Application deadline: 29 April 2016 Limited places available