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CMH 127 Communicable Diseases

ND1 levelMedical & Health Sciences13 topics

CMH 127 covers 13 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Introduction to communicable diseases
  2. Key terms in communicable disease study
  3. Causative organisms of common communicable diseases
  4. Classification by causative agents
  5. Common communicable diseases by classification
  6. Disease transmission chain
  7. Modes of disease transmission
  8. Prevention and control measures
  9. Levels of prevention and control
  10. National policies and intervention strategies in Nigeria
  11. Emerging and re-emerging diseases
  12. Examples of emerging and re-emerging diseases
  13. Causative agents, risk factors, diagnosis and management of emerging diseases

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Introduction to communicable diseases

Communicable diseases are illnesses that spread from one person or organism to another through direct or indirect contact. Mastering the definition, modes of transmission, and basic epidemiological concepts is essential because exam questions frequently test your ability to classify diseases, predict spread patterns, and propose control measures.

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