This Interdisciplinary course covers a range of topics related infectious diseases and their impact on public health. The course emphasizes in the One Health approach, which recognizes the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environment health.
We will discuss the major waterborne diseases in Brazil and their implications for Public Health as well as wastewater genomics surveillance strategies, transmission of arbovrses and
neglected diseases such as chagas disease, malaria, leishmaniasis, HTLV-1, Hansen’s disease, and Tuberculosis. Aspects of Brazil’s tropical diseases scenario and current research avenues in the country will also be discussed. Finally, we will explore how these neglected diseases affects the state of Bahia, with a focus on their environment, population and territories aspects. Some sites visits will take place throughout the program.

Coordinators/ professor:

• Geraldo Argolo Ferraro, PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology.

• Viviane de Matos Ferreira, Msc in Biotechnology in Health and Investigative Medicine.

The registration is free. You will recive the invoce by e-mail.