Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Prevention of NCDs

Course goal

To enhance knowledge of health care professionals on non-communicable diseases, its risk factors, risk assessment, screening and prevention strategies.

Course content:

• Overview of NCDs and risk factors
• Burden of NCDs
• Health Transition
• Environmental, Nutritional & Gender Issues of NCDs
• Screening & risk assessment of NCDs
• Surveillance of NCDs
• Prevention & Control Strategy of NCDs
• Global Voluntary Target 2025 & SDG
• NCD in humanitarian crisis and high risk population
• Health System Challenges (Task shifting & Continuity of Care)

Language:

• English

Learning Objectives:
After the course, the participants will be able to
• understand the magnitude of major NCDs in developing and developed countries,
• know the burden of risk factors of NCDs and identify the shared and clustering of risk factors of NCDs,
• learn the prevention strategies for different NCDs,
• recognize the socioeconomic burden of NCDs,
• interpret different health transitions of NCDs,
• understand the globalization of NCDs,
• explain the environmental & gender related issues and special concerns of NCDs, and
• know the health system challenges in tackling NCDs.

Course Schedule:

• Wednesday, 13 July – Wednesday, 26 July 2022 (no Saturday or Sunday), 3.00 pm – 8.30 pm BST (GMT+6) / 11.00 am – 4.30 pm CEST
• Total Lecture Credit hours: 30 hrs (in-person via Zoom)
• Total Group Activities Credit hours: 14 hrs (in-person via Zoom)
• Total Assignment Credit hours: 46 hrs (self-study)

Please find here the course flyer and the course agenda.