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Yaws is targeted for eradication by WHO in the 2021-2030 NTD Roadmap. It is therefore crucial to know how to identify cases, design and implement activities to eradicate the disease at the community level.
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Self-paced
Language: English
Tropical Diseases
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Course contents
Module 1: Introduction, epidemiology. psychosocial and economic impact:
This introductory module gives an overview of Neglected Tropical Diseases, skin-NTDs, and treponemal infections. By the end of this module, you should be able to: explain what the causative organism is, describe the transmission cycle, explain the risk factors, describe the geographical distribution (global, national and district), describe the age and gender distribution, and understand the psychosocial and economic impact.Module 2: Clinical diagnosis and diagnostic tests:
By the end of this module, you should be able to: describe the clinical clues to diagnose yaws, list the main conditions for differential diagnosis, and understand how and when to use the different diagnostic tests and interpret the results.Module 3: Treatment, adverse events and referrals:
By the end of this module, you should be able to: explain how treatment is done and its adverse events, describe the treatment outcome, list the possible complications, and understand when patients should be referred.Module 4: Implementation and impact of public health interventions:
By the end of this module, you should be able to: list the objectives of yaws eradication, understand how the eradication strategy is implemented, and describe the activities related to achieve the total community treatment.Module 5: Surveillance and interventions:
By the end of this module, you should be able to: understand how to assess the interruption of transmission, list the indicators used for surveillance and total community treatment, and describe the registers to record data.
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Certificate Requirements
- Gain a Record of Achievement by earning at least 80% of the maximum number of points from all graded assignments.