Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases

Concept of Communicable Diseases

General Principles of Control of Communicable Diseases

Elimination of Reservoir of Infection

Isolation of Patients

Quarantine

Destruction of Non-Human Reservoirs

Interruption of Pathways of Transmission

Universal Precautions

Standard Precautions

Transmission-Based Precautions

Protection of the Susceptible Host

Immunization for Disease Prevention

Adequate Nutrition in Disease Prevention

Healthy Lifestyle Through Behavioural Change Communication

Poliomyelitis

Viral Hepatitis

Enteric Fevers

Cholera

Food Poisoning

Gastroenteritis

Amoebiasis

Ascariasis

Guinea Worm Disease

Taeniasis

Hydatid Disease

Paragonimiasis