Public Health is a science which main goal is to improve the health and well-being of communities as well as protect the safety of communities through prevention, education, access to healthcare and research for disease. Public Health tries to prevent diseases, prolong lifes and improve quality of life of individuals and communities.

On this course Epidemics and pandemics which have affected the world you will find informations about 21 epidemics and pandemics which have affected the world:

• Antonine plague (165 -180)

• Plague of Cyprian (249 - 262)

• Plague of Justinian (541 - 542)

• Japanese smallpox epidemic (735 - 737)

• Black death (1347 - 1351)

• Smallpox (1520)

• 17th century Great plagues (1600)

• 18th century Great plagues (1700)

• Cholera (1817 - 1923)

• Yellow fever (1800s)

• The third Great plague (1855)

• Russian flu (1889 - 1890)

• Spanish flu (1918 - 1919)

• Asian flu (1957 - 1958)

• Hong Kong flu (1968 - 1970)

• HIV (1981 - present)

• SARS (2002 -2003)

• Swine flu (2009 - 2010)

• MERS (2012 - present)

• Ebola (2014 - 2016)

• COVID-19 (2019 - present)

Some of these diseases are considered as deadliest in human history. You will also find on this course informations about history, basic characteristics of these diseases, informations about symptoms, transmission, sources of infection and many more. After this, there is test which contains 30 questions waiting for you :)

We will be talk about epidemic which is a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. And about pandemic which is an epidemic that spreads to more than one continent.