Neglected tropical diseases (P02664)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : VET-P-P02664

Course Description:
This course aims to promote an understanding of the concept of neglected diseases and their association with poverty and health inequalities

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Satisfactory completion of the Certificate year of the Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases programme.

? Co-requisites : Elective option for year two of this MSc programme. Students are required to take a total of six elective courses during this academic year.

? Special Arrangements for Entry : This course will be taught entirely by distance learning, using the virtual learning environment of WebCT as the delivery platform. Course materials are protected by a secure username and password. These access details are made available to registered users only.

? Costs : Students will be required to have regular access to a networked computer, and will be responsible for providing their own computing equipment and consumables.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases, (Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Schedule S)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Additional Class Information : This course will be delivered online through WebCT

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Intended learning outcomes:
At the completion of this course the candidate should be familiar with the concept of neglected diseases and their impact on the population and have a sound understanding of the following:
• the 13 diseases officially classed as neglected and further examples of neglected diseases
• the underlying causes for the neglect of certain diseases
• funding and health system inequalities with regards to different diseases
• the overlap (high risk population groups and spatial clustering) of neglected diseases with each other and with the Big 3 (HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria)
• effects of co-infection on disease burden
• the potential to coordinate disease control programmes to increase efficiency through collaboration

Assessment Information

Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a variety of activities will constitute 40% of their overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme.