Maternal and Child Health IV: Immunization

Course Coordinator: Prof. dr. Siswanto Agus Wilopo, SU, MSc, ScD

Description: 

This short course will provide the most current information available in the constantly changing field of immunization.  Module One will cover Progress on epidemiology and prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases, Current development of vaccine or immunization, Principles of vaccination, General recommendations on immunization, and vaccine safety, storage, handling, and administration. Module Two will cover diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Polio, Hib, tuberculosis, measles, mumps, rubella. Module Three will cover hepatitis B, hepatitis A, influenza, and pneumococcal disease (adult), meningococcal, anthrax, and rotavirus. Module Four will cover a current development of vaccine or immunization in the world, vaccine safety controversies and the futures of vaccination programs, and the economic of vaccine and cost effectiveness of vaccination.

The course materials are mainly obtained from the WHO, CDC of Indonesia and USA, as well as from many journals. This course will feature a question-and-answer session in which participants can interact with the course instructors via face to face or an electronic media. Each of the four modules can be viewed independently for course’s credit, which is 0.5-credit each or 2 credits for all modules.