2023-2024 / GIRI0011-1

Animal diseases with an impact on human health in the Global South

Duration

30h Th, 20h Pr

Number of credits

 Advanced Master in Integrated Management of Health Risks in the Global South (Registrations are closed)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This teaching unit aims at bringing integrated knowledges (between medical and veterinary fields) on a selection of animal diseases with a significant impact on human health. This is not a comprehensive approach; indeed a few diseases with an important impact and/or which are neglected will be illustrated. Several examples will be selected dialing with different groups of pathogens (viruses, bacteria and parasites).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The students with different educational backgrounds (medicine, vétérinary medicine, agronomy) will have the opportunity to widen their vision and integrate a "One Health" approach based on a few relevant examples.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

General principles in biology, pathology, pharmacology, microbiology. Aptitude for the collection of relevant scientific information and the reading of scientific English.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

A combination of lectures ans practicals

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face to face teaching

Recommended or required readings

Relevant references provided by the different teachers. Teaching material posted on E-Campus.

Each student of the Master will have to make a Power Point presentation type of 15 to 20 minutes and addressing aspects "One Health" on a disease present in her/his country of origin. Emphasis will be placed on the ability to collect specific data, analyzing them and return them synthetically in front of an appropriate jury.

Work placement(s)

Irrelevant

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

None

Contacts

Nicolas Antoine-Moussiaux - nantoine@uliege.be

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