| Call Number | 15999 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
T 4:00pm-6:50pm To be announced |
| Points | 1.5 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Stephen P Kachur |
| Type | LECTURE |
| Method of Instruction | In-Person |
| Course Description | Malaria, a disease prevalent in the United States until the early 1950s, remains a major public health problem in most of the global south, accounting for a substantial proportion of childhood deaths and a profound burden on pregnant women, economic growth, and mobile and migrant populations. Global commitment and financing for malaria control, however, has greatly increased resulting in one of the most exciting and successful public health efforts in the last decade. While there is a general consensus in the malaria community on an elimination strategy, the scale up of effective prevention and control interventions has been hampered by competing economic priorities, poor infrastructure and delivery mechanisms, limited human resources, technical constraints, lack of an effective vaccine, and resistance to both antimalarial drugs and insecticides. Students, using knowledge of the epidemiology of malaria and prevention and control interventions gained in class, will use simulated scenarios to devise programmatic strategies to develop plans to control and eliminate malaria in different contexts of endemicity and country capacity towards the goal of shrinking the malaria map. Lectures, review of current literature, and critical appraisal of global strategies will form the basis of a student assignment to develop a country-level malaria operational plan. The assignment will emphasize not only a consideration of technical interventions for varying epidemiologic environments, but also consideration of investments in delivery mechanisms and systems, partnerships with other national and global agencies, and prioritization with other country health objectives. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | Population and Family Health |
| Enrollment | 2 students (30 max) as of 5:06PM Saturday, May 10, 2025 |
| Subject | Population and Family Health |
| Number | P8654 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | School of Public Health |
| Section key | 20233POPF8654P001 |