Hoer_commonwealth Of Learning

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Topics Covered:

Child Health (AMREF)

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Course Units:

Unit 1: Introduction to the Course

Unit 2: Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses

Unit 3: Clinical Problem Solving

Unit 4: Common Problems of the Newborn

Unit 5: Growth and Development

Unit 6: Health Education, Promotion & Counselling

Unit 7: Nutrition

Unit 8: Anaemia

Unit 9: Immunisation

Unit 10: Malaria

Unit 11: Diarrhoea

Unit 12: Acute Respiratory Infections

Unit 13: Common Ear, Nose and Throat Conditions

Unit 14: HIV AIDS

Unit 15: Helminthiasis

Unit 16: Oral, Eyeand Skin Conditions

Unit 17: Children's Mental HealthProblems

Unit 18: Common Injuriesand Accidents

Unit 19: Disabilities and Rehabilitation: Part 1

Unit 20: Disabilities and Rehabilitation: Part 2

Unit 21: Other Conditions

Communicable Diseases (AMREF)

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Topics Covered:

Unit 1: Introduction to Communicable Diseases

Unit 2: Principles of Infection Prevention & Control

Unit 3: Travel Medicine In Relation to Communicable Diseases

Unit 4: Immunization

Unit 5: Contact Diseases

Unit 6: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Unit 7: HIV/AIDS

Unit 8: Vector Borne Diseases

Unit 9: Malaria

Unit 10: Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases

Unit 11: Diseases of Faecal-oral Contamination

Unit 12: Helminthic Diseases

Unit 13: Acute Respiratory Infections

Unit 14: Meningitis

Unit 15: Tuberculosis and Leprosy

Unit 16: Diseases of Contact With Animals or Animal Products

Counselling for Caregivers

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Unit 1: Introduction to Counselling for Caregivers

Unit 2: Ethical and Cultural Issues in Counselling

Unit 3: Behavioural Counselling

Unit 4: Dealing with Child Abuse Issues

Unit 5: Dealing with Substance Abuse

Unit 6: Counselling Those Infected and/or Affected by HIV/AIDS

Unit 7: Grief Counselling

Unit 8: Career and Vocational Guidance

Unit 9: Coping with Stress

Drug Management and Rational Use (AMREF)

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Introduction to the Course

Pretest

Unit 1: Policies and Drug Control

Unit 2: Selection of Medicines

Unit 3: Procurement and Medicine Quality

Unit 4: Distribution of Medicines

Unit 5: Rational Drug Use

Unit 6: Organization and Management of Drug Supply