Postgraduate / Professional Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) @ African College of Health

(Updated; Jan. 2024)
Postgraduate / Professional Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H)


OBJECTIVES:
A multidisciplinary approach to tropical medicine and related public health issues in our ever changing world of disease emergencies and work patterns, focusing on Low and middle Income Countries (LMICs) educational needs in particular.
This program focuses broadly on issues of tropical health, travelers health and on clinical tropical medicine with emphasies on scientific basis for preventing, diagnosis, treating, and controlling tropical health problems. 

CURRICULUM:
*Selected tropical diseases and case studies shedding lights on diagnosis, treatment, and the implementation of preventive control measures.

*Diagnostic methodologies in today's world.

*Human behavior in relation to
transmission of infection and of local perceptions of the disease.

*Virtual laboratory sessions focusing on diagnostic methods for identification of blood, intestinal, and tissue parasites as well as their vectors.

*Virtual practical lab in parasitology and diagnosis.

COURSE DURATION: 
4 months.

COURSE FEE:
2,500 USD ( an additional fee of 100 USD is required for application process)

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
MBBS, BSN, B. Pharm and other health related degrees.

Mode of Instruction: Online (Machine Learning, Self-Paced).

Award Title: Postgraduate / Professional Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 

INTENDED AUDIENCE:
University graduates, health professionals and other individuals with an interest in tropical medicine. 


REGISTRATION: DTM&H


Requirement(s) for Successful Completion: 

Score(s) of 80% in all of the courses listed below;

-Water and Sanitation in Tropical Environmental Health (201)

-Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (202)

-Chronic Diseases in Low and Middle Income Countries (203)

-Clinical and Epidemiologic Aspects of Tropical Diseases (204)

-Vector Borne Diseases in the Tropics (205)

-HIV, TB and other Chronic Infections (206)

-Maternal and Child Public Health in the Tropics (207)

-Intestinal Infections in the Tropics (208)

-Qualitative Data Analysis (209)

-Fundamental Virology in the context of COVID -19 (210)

-Immunology, Infection and Disease (211)

-Biology of Parasitism (212)

-Vector Biology and Vector-Borne Diseases (213)

-Malariology (214)

-Investigation of Outbreaks (215)

-Vaccinology (216)

-Aerosol Generating Procedures 'AGPs' (217).

ACCREDITATION:
We are in the process of accreditation.

Contact:
African College of Health,
Department of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Phone: +2349052389099

Email: africancollegeofhealth@gmail.com

Reg: https://bit.ly/2KWxbm1
(Updated; Jan. 2024)
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