The course program will address the following topics:

Principles of intervention epidemiology
Investigation of an epidemic
Integrated disease surveillance and response
New international health regulations
Ratio, proportion, rate
Prevalence and incidence measures
Measures of central tendency and dispersion
Graphical presentation of the data
Protocol, analysis plan, questionnaire
Estimation of a parameter
Schemes of studies
Sources of epidemiological information
Sampling method
Oral communication
Screening
Choice of a reference group
Theory of statistical tests
Bias, causality, standardization
Impact measures
Epidemiology of nosocomial infections
Eco-epidemiology
Principles of surveillance
Establishment and evaluation of a surveillance system
Analysis of monitoring data
Vaccine effectiveness
Consideration of a third factor
pairing
Case studies

Investigation

Design, implementation and analysis of a field survey

Oral communication exercise

Preparation and presentation of a communication