Outbreaks

This course, Public Health in Humanitarian Crises 2, addresses public health issues of people affected by disasters, both natural or conflict-related. It discusses the many changes that occur in people’s lives when they are uprooted by a disaster, including many important topics related to humanitarian crises, such as [...]

What can we do to prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases from becoming epidemics or pandemic? In this course, you’ll learn the facts about infectious diseases and medical responses. We'll focus on the public health laws and policies that provide the framework for effective prevention, like quarantine laws, drug development [...]

Learn more about infectious disease outbreaks and why they occur, and explore the impact of disease outbreaks on global health. Explore infectious disease outbreaks and learn how to prepare for them. Recent outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases have shown we need to be able to coordinate responses to disease [...]