Press Releases 2000
An Update Course on Communicable Diseases 2000
Jointly organised by the School of Professional and Continuing Education, University of Hong Kong and Department of Health, Hong Kong Government
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This short course provides an update on current communicable diseases important in clinical and public health contexts. Speakers included microbiologists, clinicians and public health practitioners. The local epidemiology and prevention/control strategy on these diseases will be introduced. The target audience includes nurses, paramedical health professionals, health educators or anyone who are interested. The aim is to provide participants with general knowledge of communicable diseases so as to enable them to have a better understanding of how to prevent and control them. Lectures will be conducted mainly in Cantonese and supplemented with English.
The course topics are as follows: Viral Hepatitis,
AIDS, Influenza, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Pulmonary Tuberculosis
and Infectious skin diseases.
Date & Time : Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., starting
3 May 2000 (6 meetings)
Venue : Room S6, Admiralty Learning Centre, 3/F., Admiralty
Centre, Harcourt Road, Hong Kong.
Fee : $ 700
Closing date for applications: April 17, 2000
For enquires, please contact Ms Wong of the Red Ribbon Centre at
2304 6268.