In this course, MAE students will either (a) evaluate emergency preparedness capacity to implement the International Health Regulation (IHR); or (b) investigate and respond to a disease outbreak or other health emergency. On successful completion of this course, students will elaborate findings in a mini-thesis or a report of up to 3,000 to 5,000 words for public health professionals (i.e. it needs to meet the standards for publication in a peer reviewed journal) and other relevant stakeholders. The mini-thesis will include: (a) Evaluating preparedness report: Summary description of the context and logic model of the preparedness program, specific objectives of the evaluation, methodology for data collection and analysis, including list of key questions, documents reviewed and people interviewed, analysis and synthesis of the findings, conclusions on strengths, weaknesses, gaps and challenges, recommendations for strengthening the program; or (b) Outbreak report: describe outbreak setting, objectives of the investigation, study design, case definitions, methods of data collection and recording, results of environmental/food/laboratory investigations generate and test hypothesis on cause and risk factors, statistical methods, conclusion, treatment and control measures and their impacts, recommendations to prevent future outbreaks. The report based on at least one of the three mini-theses in EPI 900, EPI901 or EPI 902 of the MAE programme, must be (a) communicated in an oral presentation at a national or international conference, and (b) prepared as an advanced draft for submission to a peer-reviewed journal.
- Teacher: Ramneek Goundar
- Teacher: Adam Konrote