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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
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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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