Taking Sex and Gender into account in Infectious Disease Programmes

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• Explain how sex and gender relate with infectious illness outbreaks.
• Apply the gender analysis matrix to determine how sex and gender influence outbreak risk populations.
• Explain and apply the following two techniques from the study "Taking sex and gender into account in emerging infectious disease programmes - an analytical framework."
  • Gender analysis matrix
  • Modified gender analysis matrix on mainstreaming gender into health security and emergencies
• Explain what other tools are available to use in analysing the interaction of sex and gender with
  • infectious disease risks
  • exposure to animal diseases
  • communicable disease surveillance

Syllabus:

• Introduction to sex, gender, life-course and the framework
• The tool: gender analysis matrix
• The analysis: revealing how sex and gender affect infectious disease transmission and outcomes
• The application: informing action plans
• Surveillance