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- Communicable Diseases Module: Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health
- Communicable Diseases Module: Acknowledgements
- Communicable Diseases Module: Introduction
- Part 1
- Communicable Diseases Module: 1. Basic Concepts in the Transmission of Communicable Diseases
- Communicable Diseases Module: 2. Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases and Community Diagnosis
- Communicable Diseases Module: 3. Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
- Communicable Diseases Module: 4. Viral Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
- Communicable Diseases Module: 5. Malaria Epidemiology and Transmission
- Study Session 5 Malaria Epidemiology and Transmission
- Introduction
- Learning Outcomes for Study Session 5
- 5.1 The burden of malaria
- 5.2 Epidemiology and distribution of malaria in Ethiopia
- 5.3 Malaria parasites
- 5.4 Life cycle of the mosquito vector
- 5.5 Malaria transmitting vectors in Ethiopia
- 5.6 Distinguishing Anopheles mosquitoes from other types
- 5.7 Behaviour of mosquitoes that transmit malaria
- Summary of Study Session 5
- Self-Assessment Questions (SAQs) for Study Session 5
- Study Session 5 Malaria Epidemiology and Transmission
- Communicable Diseases Module: 6. Factors that Affect Malaria Transmission
- Communicable Diseases Module: 7. Diagnosis of Malaria
- Communicable Diseases Module: 8. Malaria Case Management
- Communicable Diseases Module: 9. Malaria Prevention: Environmental Management and Larviciding for Vector Control
- Communicable Diseases Module: 10. Malaria Prevention: Indoor Residual Spraying of Houses
- Communicable Diseases Module: 11. Malaria Prevention: Insecticide Treated Nets
- Communicable Diseases Module: 12. Monitoring and Control of Malaria Epidemics
- Part 2
- Communicable Diseases Module: 13. Introduction, Transmission and Tuberculosis Case Finding
- Communicable Diseases Module: 14. Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis
- Communicable Diseases Module: 15. Follow-up of Patients on Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment and Defaulter Tracing
- Communicable Diseases Module: 16. Tuberculosis Treatment in Special Conditions: TB in Children, HIV/TB and Drug Resistant TB
- Communicable Diseases Module: 17. Tuberculosis Infection Control
- Communicable Diseases Module: 18. Leprosy Diagnosis
- Communicable Diseases Module: 19. Leprosy Treatment
- Part 3
- Communicable Diseases Module: 20. Introduction to HIV/AIDS
- Communicable Diseases Module: 21. Opportunistic Infections and WHO HIV Clinical Staging
- Communicable Diseases Module: 22. Introduction to Antiretroviral Therapy
- Communicable Diseases Module: 23. Adherence to HIV Care and Treatment
- Communicable Diseases Module: 24. Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counselling
- Communicable Diseases Module: 25. Prevention of HIV Infection, and Community Mobilisation
- Communicable Diseases Module: 26. Universal Precautions, Infection Prevention and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Health Workers
- Communicable Diseases Module: 27. Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
- Communicable Diseases Module: 28. HIV in Children
- Communicable Diseases Module: 29. Positive Living and Prevention of HIV Transmission for PLHIV
- Communicable Diseases Module: 30. Providing Palliative Care for People Living with HIV
- Communicable Diseases Module: 31. Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Part 4
- Communicable Diseases Module: 32. General Features of Faeco-Orally Transmitted Diseases
- Communicable Diseases Module: 33. Bacterial and Viral Faeco-Oral Diseases
- Communicable Diseases Module: 34. Intestinal Protozoa, Ascariasis and Hookworm
- Communicable Diseases Module: 35. Acute Respiratory Tract Infections
- Communicable Diseases Module: 36. Louse-Borne Diseases: Relapsing Fever and Typhus
- Communicable Diseases Module: 37. Other Vector-Borne Diseases of Public Health Importance
- Communicable Diseases Module: 38. Common Zoonotic Diseases in Ethiopia: Rabies and Taeniasis
- Communicable Diseases Module: 39. Diseases of Poor Hygiene and Environmental Health: Trachoma, Scabies and Podoconiosis
- Communicable Diseases Module: 40. General Principles of Public Health Surveillance
- Communicable Diseases Module: 41. Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response
- Communicable Diseases Module: 42. Epidemic Investigation and Management
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- Communicable Diseases Part 1 PDF (3.8MB)
- Communicable Diseases Part 2 PDF (2.1MB)
- Communicable Diseases Part 3 PDF (3.3MB)
- Communicable Diseases Part 4 PDF (2MB)
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- 1Level 1: Introductory
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Communicable Diseases
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