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How to cite this course: Simuunza, M.C., ‘MSc One Health Analytical Epidemiology’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 79(2), Art. #477, 2 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v79i2.477Note: Proceedings of the Conference of the Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance ‘One Health’ held at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, July 2011.Copyright: © 2012. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.

Cou

rse

deliv

ery

will

mai

nly

be d

one

by e

xper

ts f

rom

the

Scho

ols

of V

eter

inar

y M

edic

ine

and

Med

icin

e of

the

Uni

vers

ity

of

Zam

bia.

Ex

perts

fro

m

othe

r So

uthe

rn

Afri

can

acad

emic

an

d re

sear

ch

inst

itutio

ns

with

in

the

SAC

IDS

cons

ortiu

m a

s w

ell

as s

taff

from

col

labo

ratin

g

rese

arch

inst

itutio

ns in

indu

stria

lized

cou

ntrie

s, es

peci

ally

the

Roy

al V

eter

inar

y C

olle

ge (

RV

C)

and

the

Lond

on

Scho

ol o

f H

ygie

ne a

nd T

ropi

cal M

edic

ine

(LSH

TM)

will

also

par

ticip

ate

in c

ours

e de

liver

y. T

his

will

cre

ate

a bl

end

of p

rofe

ssio

nal k

now

ledg

e an

d sk

ills

in e

pide

mio

logy

and

One

H

ealth

th

at

will

pr

ovid

e a

uniq

ue

lear

ning

envi

ronm

ent.

SAC

IDS

is a

One

Hea

lth c

onso

rtium

of

sout

hern

Afri

can

acad

emic

and

rese

arch

inst

itutio

ns in

volv

ed w

ith in

fect

ious

dise

ases

of

hu

man

s an

d an

imal

s in

th

e D

emoc

ratic

Rep

ublic

of

Con

go (

DR

C),

Moz

ambi

que,

Sou

th A

frica

,

Zam

bia

and

Tanz

ania

. St

aff

from

the

se i

nstit

utio

ns a

re

wor

king

in

sm

art

partn

ersh

ip

with

co

lleag

ues

from

LSH

TM a

nd R

VC

– t

wo

Uni

vers

ity o

f Lo

ndon

Col

lege

s

whi

ch

parti

cipa

te

in

the

inte

rdis

cipl

inar

y Lo

ndon

Inte

rnat

iona

l D

evel

opm

ent

Cen

tre (

LID

C).

SAC

IDS

also

colla

bora

tes

with

the

Int

erna

tiona

l Li

vest

ock

Res

earc

h

Inst

itute

(ILR

I) a

nd c

ontin

ues

to fo

rge

linka

ges

with

oth

er

inst

itutio

ns f

rom

ind

ustri

alis

ed c

ount

ries.

The

SAC

IDS

head

quar

ters

is

lo

cate

d at

th

e So

koin

e U

nive

rsity

of

Agr

icul

ture

.

This

exc

iting

new

cou

rse

focu

ses

on p

rovi

sion

of

know

ledg

e in

ana

lytic

al e

pide

mio

logy

and

on

how

to

app

ly th

is k

now

ledg

e in

the

cont

rol o

f dis

ease

s in

bo

th h

uman

and

ani

mal

pop

ulat

ions

(O

ne H

ealth

C

once

pt).

The

cour

se h

as b

een

desi

gned

to

train

a

new

gen

erat

ion

of h

uman

cap

ital w

hich

will

pro

vide

th

e ne

cess

ary

lead

ersh

ip i

n so

lvin

g va

rious

hea

lth

chal

leng

es u

sing

epi

dem

iolo

gica

l to

ols

to i

mpr

ove

the

heal

th a

nd w

elfa

re o

f our

com

mun

ities

.

App

lican

ts f

or t

he c

ours

e sh

ould

hav

e a

degr

ee i

n m

edic

ine,

vet

erin

ary

med

icin

e, o

r a

basi

c de

gree

in

biol

ogic

al sc

ienc

es. G

radu

ates

in h

ealth

rela

ted

field

of

st

udy

such

as

st

atis

tics,

dem

ogra

phy,

fo

od

scie

nce

and

publ

ic h

ealth

may

app

ly p

rovi

ded

they

ha

ve i

nter

est

in h

ealth

and

hav

e ex

perie

nce

of

havi

ng w

orke

d in

an

inst

itutio

n de

alin

g w

ith h

ealth

is

sues

. T

here

are

lim

ited

scho

lars

hips

ava

ilabl

e fo

r th

is c

ours

e pr

ovid

ed b

y th

e W

ellc

ome

Tru

st

thro

ugh

SAC

IDS.

The

MSc

in

One

Hea

lth A

naly

tical

Epi

dem

iolo

gy

will

be

of

fere

d by

th

e Sc

hool

of

V

eter

inar

y M

edic

ine

in

colla

bora

tion

with

th

e Sc

hool

of

M

edic

ine

at t

he U

nive

rsity

of

Zam

bia.

All

the

stud

ents

will

be

re

gist

ered

by

th

e Sc

hool

of

V

eter

inar

y M

edic

ine.

The

Sch

ool

of V

eter

inar

y M

edic

ine

was

est

ablis

hed

in 1

984

and

has

som

e of

th

e be

st l

earn

ing

faci

litie

s in

Zam

bia.

The

Sch

ool

has

long

st

andi

ng

expe

rienc

e in

co

nduc

ting

post

grad

uate

tra

inin

g an

d re

sear

ch i

n di

seas

es o

f ve

terin

ary

and

publ

ic h

ealth

impo

rtanc

e.

The

Scho

ol i

s lo

cate

d w

ithin

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Za

mbi

a m

ain

cam

pus.

Cou

rse

Coo

rdin

ator

: Dr M

artin

C. S

imuu

nza

Emai

l: m

artin

.sim

uunz

a@un

za.z

m; m

sim

uunz

a@ly

cos.c

om

Phon

e: +

260

211

2937

27

Mob

ile: +

260

9688

0851

1 Fa

x: +

260

211

2937

27

Web

site

: ww

w.u

nza.

zm

Add

ress

: D

epar

tmen

t of D

isea

se C

ontro

l

Sc

hool

of V

eter

inar

y M

edic

ine

Uni

vers

ity o

f Zam

bia

P. O

. Box

323

79

Lusa

ka, Z

ambi

a.

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Ack

now

ledg

emen

ts

The

One

Hea

lth A

naly

tical

Epi

dem

iolo

gy M

Sc p

rogr

amm

e is

supp

orte

d by

SA

CID

S th

roug

h a

gran

t fro

m th

e W

ellc

ome

Trus

t (w

ww

.wel

lcom

e.ac

.uk)

und

er th

e A

frica

n In

stitu

tion

Initi

ativ

e.

The

cour

se is

a tw

o- y

ear f

ull-t

ime

MSc

pro

gram

me

of th

e U

nive

rsity

of Z

ambi

a ca

lend

ar o

f sem

este

rs

and

acad

emic

yea

rs c

ompr

isin

g of

a t

augh

t co

mpo

nent

in

the

first

yea

r an

d a

rese

arch

pro

ject

cu

lmin

atin

g in

to th

e su

bmis

sion

of d

isse

rtatio

n in

the

seco

nd y

ear.

Stud

ents

will

und

erta

ke th

e fo

llow

ing

core

cou

rses

: �

Res

earc

h M

etho

dolo

gy a

nd C

ompu

ter A

pplic

atio

ns

� Pr

inci

ples

of E

pide

mio

logy

and

Bio

stat

istic

s �

Dis

ease

Sur

veill

ance

and

Ris

k A

naly

sis

� Em

ergi

ng a

nd R

e-em

ergi

ng D

isea

ses

� In

fect

ious

Dis

ease

Mod

elin

g an

d G

eogr

aphi

cal I

nfor

mat

ion

Syst

em

� A

dvan

ced

Stat

istic

al M

etho

ds in

Epi

dem

iolo

gy

� O

ne H

ealth

Med

icin

e an

d G

loba

lizat

ion

In a

dditi

on st

uden

ts w

ill b

e ab

le to

cho

ose

one

elec

tive

cour

se fr

om th

e fo

llow

ing:

�

Hea

lth E

cono

mic

s, Po

licy,

Mon

itorin

g an

d Ev

alua

tion

� M

olec

ular

Epi

dem

iolo

gy a

nd B

ioin

form

atic

s �

Envi

ronm

enta

l Epi

dem

iolo

gy

Yea

r tw

o sh

all c

ompr

ise

supe

rvis

ed r

esea

rch

wor

k cu

lmin

atin

g in

to s

ubm

issi

on o

f a

diss

erta

tion

and

shal

l be

unde

rtake

n ov

er a

per

iod

of tw

o se

mes

ters

of f

ull-t

ime

stud

y. T

he to

pic

(res

earc

h pr

opos

al) o

f th

e di

sser

tatio

n sh

all

be g

uide

d by

the

One

Hea

lth T

hem

e an

d sh

all

be a

ppro

ved

by t

he S

choo

l Po

stgr

adua

te C

omm

ittee

in th

e la

st se

ven

wee

ks o

f the

seco

nd se

mes

ter o

f par

t I.

“...

betw

een

anim

al a

nd h

uman

med

icin

e th

ere

are

no d

ivid

ing

lines

--no

r sho

uld

ther

e be

."

Rud

olf V

ircho

w (1

821-

1902

).

This

cou

rse

aim

s to

equi

p sc

ient

ists

with

skill

s in

anal

ytic

al e

pide

mio

logy

for t

he

effic

ient

pre

vent

ion

and

cont

rol o

f hum

an, a

nim

al a

nd z

oono

tic d

isea

ses.

One

he

alth

is a

scie

ntifi

c co

ncep

t who

se m

issi

on is

to fo

ster

clo

ser p

rofe

ssio

nal

inte

ract

ion,

col

labo

ratio

n an

d ed

ucat

iona

l opp

ortu

nitie

s acr

oss t

he v

eter

inar

y,

med

ical

and

alli

ed sc

ienc

es fo

r the

pur

pose

of i

mpr

ovin

g hu

man

and

ani

mal

hea

lth.

Upo

n co

mpl

etio

n of

th

e M

Sc

in

One

H

ealth

Ana

lytic

al e

pide

mio

logy

, gra

duat

es

will

be

able

to:

� D

emon

stra

te k

now

ledg

e of

the

conc

ept

of “

One

Hea

lth”

and

its a

pplic

atio

n in

th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

hea

lth p

olic

y an

d th

e co

ntro

l an

d pr

even

tion

of

infe

ctio

us d

isea

ses.

� D

emon

stra

te

know

ledg

e on

ho

w

inte

ract

ions

be

twee

n hu

man

an

d an

imal

pop

ulat

ions

and

env

ironm

enta

l ch

ange

s ca

n le

ad to

em

erge

ncy

and

re-

emer

ging

of i

nfec

tious

dis

ease

s. �

Plan

, und

erta

ke a

nd a

naly

ze d

ata

from

a

rese

arch

pro

ject

con

cern

ing

hum

an,

anim

al a

nd z

oono

tic d

isea

ses

and

be

able

to m

onito

r an

d ev

alua

te a

ctiv

ities

fo

r po

licy

and

prog

ram

me

deve

lopm

ent.

� A

pply

a s

cien

tific

sty

le o

f w

ritin

g in

th

e pr

esen

tatio

n of

rese

arch

. �

App

ly e

cono

mic

and

soc

io-e

cono

mic

co

ncep

ts a

nd m

etho

ds i

n th

e de

sign

, im

plem

enta

tion

and

eval

uatio

n of

he

alth

del

iver

y se

rvic

es.

� D

eter

min

e th

e fa

ctor

s af

fect

ing

the

occu

rren

ce

and

spre

ad

of

dise

ase

thro

ugh

hum

an a

nd a

nim

al p

opul

atio

ns

and

be a

ble

to p

reve

nt o

r co

ntro

l suc

h sp

read

.

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