Learning Outcomes for Study Session 33

When you have studied this session, you should be able to:

33.1  Define and use correctly all of the key words printed in bold. (SAQs 33.1, 33.2 and 33.4)

33.2  Describe the most common types of bacterial and viral faeco-oral diseases, their causative infectious agents and their occurrence in the population. (SAQs 33.1 and 33.3)

33.3  Describe the main modes of transmission of each of the bacterial and viral faeco-oral diseases, and the age groups that are most susceptible to them. (SAQs 33.3 and 33.4)

33.4  Explain how you would diagnose and treat cases of bacterial and viral faeco-oral diseases, and when and why you would refer them to a higher-level health facility. (SAQs 33.2 and 33.4)

33.5  Describe how you would apply prevention and control measures against bacterial and viral faeco-oral diseases, and what actions you would take to prevent epidemics of cholera or shigellosis. (SAQs 33.2 and 33.4)