Non-Communicable Diseases
Module leads
Learning objectives:
- Assess the global burden of NCDs, extending material covered in 'Introduction to the Global Health Science' module
- Understand differences in the distribution and long-term trends in NCDs in low, middle and high income countries
- Compare different epidemiological approaches used to quantify the importance of risk factors for NCDs
- Examine strategies for the prevention and control of NCDs in different settings
Sessions:
- Non-communicable diseases: an overview
- Cardiovascular disease
- Diabetes
- Determinants, prevention and management of unintentional injuries and violence
- Neurodegenerative conditions, with a focus on dementia
- Determinants, prevention and control of asthma
- Determinants of cancer