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International Infectious Disease Management: A Case Study of Internationalizing Curricula
Abstract
Global perspectives in agriculture are critical to the safety of food and agricultural resources, trade
and consumers globally, yet very few opportunities exist for their study. North Dakota State University
and Makerere University in Uganda responded to this need by developing a joint Master of Science
and Graduate Certificate in International Infectious Disease Management and Biosecurity in 2011. The
program requires completion of 30 credits with core courses offered jointly by both institutions. The
program is innovative, learner-centered, with student engagement, empowerment and responsibility. There
is interdisciplinary learning, problem-based learning and service learning, with cross pollination of teaching
methods from both institutions. Graduates of this program will have a better understanding of international
agricultural, animal health and biosecurity issues, making them much more viable in today’s competitive job
market. This unique program within the US and African educational systems is the first US-Africa trans-Atlantic
degree addressing integrated disease management and international biosecurity. The following components of
the aforementioned program will be discussed: program development; overview of the program; successes;
challenges faced; opportunities; and recommendations for the way forward in internationalizing curriculum on
two campuses across continents.
... These reports are screened, reviewed and validated by in-country infectious disease experts before posting to the website. Additionally, agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (20), the leading federal public health agency in the United States and the associated global disease detection program (21) provide invaluable information for public use. Moreover, a joint initiative of FAO and OIE established the Global Framework for progressive control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (22) to empower regional alliances in the fight against international spread of animal diseases. ...
There is an urgent need for a unified resource that integrates trans-disciplinary annotations of emerging and reemerging animal infectious and zoonotic diseases. Such data integration will provide wonderful opportunity for epidemiologists, researchers and health policy makers to make data-driven decisions designed to improve animal health. Integrating emerging and reemerging animal infectious and zoonotic disease data from a large variety of sources into a unified open-access resource provides more plausible arguments to achieve better understanding of infectious and zoonotic diseases. We have developed a model for interlinking annotations of these diseases. These diseases are of particular interest because of the threats they pose to animal health, human health and global health security. We demonstrated the application of this model using brucellosis, an infectious and zoonotic disease. Preliminary annotations were deposited into VetBioBase database (http://vetbiobase.igbb.msstate.edu). This database is associated with user-friendly tools to facilitate searching, retrieving and downloading of disease-related information.
Database URL: http://vetbiobase.igbb.msstate.edu
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