Tropical and Neglected Infectious Diseases

Tropical and Neglected Infectious Diseases: An Integrated One Health Approach to Public Health
Multiprofessional

Course Description:

This interdisciplinary course provides an in-depth exploration of infectious diseases and their association with public health implications. By incorporating perspectives from epidemiology, microbiology, veterinary medicine, and environmental science, this course offers a comprehensive and evidence-based analysis of infectious disease dynamics.
The course emphasizes the One Health approach, which recognizes the complex interconnection between human, animal, and environmental health. It underscores the necessity of integrated strategies for disease surveillance, prevention, and control.
It highlights the critical role of these approaches in addressing emerging and re-emerging infectious threats, fostering a holistic understanding of public health challenges in a globalized world.
Participants will discuss major waterborne diseases in Brazil and their implications for public health, as well as wastewater genomics surveillance strategies, the transmission of arboviruses, and neglected diseases such as Chagas disease, malaria, leishmaniasis, HTLV, sporotrichosis, Hansen’s disease, and tuberculosis. Additionally, the relationship between diseases and environmental degradation will be explored, leading to a discussion on the meaning of neglected diseases in the case study of Bahia, focusing on populations and territories. Some study visits will take place throughout the program.

Target audience:
• Undergraduate and graduate students (master's and doctoral)/ Medicine, Biomedical Science, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health.
• Researchers
• Healthcare professional working in clinics and public health programs with a university degree in Medicine, Biology, Pharmacy, Biomedical Science or Nursing.


Prerequisites:
• Essential: Intermediate proficiency in English. 
• Desirable: Knowledge of molecular biology, cellular biology, pathology, microbiology, and ecology.

Location:
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil 
Cabula Campus

Workload:
80h

Period of program:
July 17th – August 1st, 2025

Contact for more information:
[email protected]