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Module 1: Introduction to Public Health
1.1 Introduction & History of Public Health
1.2 Multiple Determinants of Health
1.3 Evolution of Global Public Health
1.4 Measuring Health Status
Module 2: Trends in Public Health
2.1 Demographic and Epidemiological Transitions
2.2 Economics to Equity in Health
2.3 Globalization and Its Impact on Public Health
Module 3: Infectious Diseases
3.1 The Changing Patterns of Infectious Diseases in Time and Place
3.2 Control, Elimination, Eradication, Extinction
3.3 Zoonoses
3.4 New and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
3.5 Childhood Diseases with a Focus on Diarrhea and Pneumonia
Module 4: Maternal and Child Health
4.1 Child Health
4.2 Maternal Health
4.3 Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
4.4 The Long Shadow of Childhood Undernutrition
Module 5: Non-Communicable Diseases, Part I
5.1 Introduction to NCDs
5.2 Impact of Tobacco Abuse
5.3 Diet and Physical Activity, Part I
5.4 Diet and Physical Activity, Part II
5.5 Overweight, Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus
Module 6: Non-Communicable Diseases, Part II
6.1 Cardiovascular Disease
6.2 Cancers
6.3 Respiratory Illnesses
6.4 Mental Health
6.5 Injuries (Road Traffic Accidents and Alcohol)
Module 7: Health Systems, Part I
7.1 Introduction to Health Systems
7.2 Delivering Health Services
7.3 Health Systems Financing
7.4 The Political Economy of Health Systems and Universal Health Coverage
Module 8: Health Systems, Part II
8.1 Access to Medicines, Part I
8.2 Access to Medicines, Part II
8.3 Working Towards Health for All
8.4 Governance Mechanisms
Module 9: Environment and Health
9.1 Climate Change and Health
9.2 Disasters
Module 10: Public Health in the 21st Century
10.1 The Threat of Antibiotic Resistance
10.2 The Challenge of Ageing Populations
10.3 Health and Sustainable Development, Part I
10.4 Health and Sustainable Development, Part II
10.5 The Future of Public Health