Pedagogical table

Time allocated: 90'

Learning objectives

Enabling objectives

Core contents

1. Participants are able to explain the approach to disease outbreak investigations and justify the most adequate control measures in an acute or protracted crisis situation

1.1. Participants are able to explain the indicators describing an outbreak

  • Indicators of an outbreak:

    • Epidemic curve

    • Attack rate

    • Reproductive number

    • Case fatality rate

    • Incubation period

    • Duration of infection

    • Serial interval

1.2. Participants are able to describe the main steps of an outbreak investigation

  • Objectives of the investigation

  • Steps of outbreak investigation

    • Relate the investigation to the response

1.3. Participants are able to describe different types of control measures used in crisis situations

  • The disease dictates the response

  • Rational and objectives of using the different control measures

    • Case management, isolation, vaccination, contact tracing, alerts follow up, safe burial, control and prevention of infection in hospital and health care settings (CPI), water, sanitation and habitat /public health engineering

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