Surveillance -- General principles of surveillance -- Implementing a surveillance system -- International surveillance -- Some examples of surveillance -- Outbreaks -- Epidemiological investigation of outbreaks -- Management of an outbreak -- Analytical approaches to outbreaks -- Vaccines -- Assessing need for immunization -- Evaluation of new vaccines -- Delivery of immunization programmes -- Vaccine efficacy and effectiveness -- Surveillance of vaccination programmes -- Role of the mass media -- Topical themes and infections -- Influenza and other respiratory viruses -- Tuberculosis -- Gastrointestinal infections and food poisoning -- Hepatitis viruses A, B, C, D, E -- HIV and sexually transmitted infections -- Hospital-acquired infections.

This volume enables the public health practitioner to understand the principles of communicable disease control, and how to follow these up in practice. The author highlights the practical measures for disease prevention and control in diseases such as HIV, TB, hepatitis and other STIs.