TM5502:03
Tropical Public Health
External
HECS Band 2
Semester 2 external.
Staff: Assoc. Professor P Leggat.
This subject introduces the general principles of tropical public health and the basic concepts of health policy, health advocacy, disease control and health promotion. Specific epidemiological discussion included food-borne and soil-transmitted and faecal-borne helminthiasis, together with the control of arthropod-borne diseases. The contribution of public health to improving health is presented, including communicable diseases control, maternal and child health and nutrition.