In today's world, it is vital for pharmacy professionals to know how infectious diseases work, as they are one of the major health problems worldwide" 

Chronic non-communicable diseases cause the death of 41 million people worldwide each year, according to data managed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Of these, cardiovascular diseases are the most lethal, followed by cancer, respiratory diseases and diabetes.
 
Although these diseases affect all types of people, regardless of their age, gender or where they live, they are more concentrated in the elderly population. However, in resource-poor countries, more than 85% of those considered premature deaths occur.
  
In order to reduce these morbidity figures, it is necessary to continue prevention and research on these diseases and their relationship with infections. Since it must be taken into account that the symptoms of people with this type of disease may worsen when they come into contact with infectious agents.
 
In order to meet the healthcare needs of the 21st century, it is necessary for pharmacy professionals to keep abreast of advances in this area of care for the sick. In this sense, thanks to this Postgraduate certificate, the professional will be able to deepen their knowledge in the relationship between the development of certain infections with people with chronic non-communicable diseases, from stress, atherosclerosis, digestive or neurological diseases, among others. All this is taught by the best professionals, which will allow you to acquire the most accurate knowledge for the treatment of your patients.    

Pharmacists must continue to study throughout their careers to stay abreast of the latest healthcare developments”  

This Postgraduate certificate in Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and Infections  endorses the latest advances in clinical infectious diseases with a teaching program that positions it as an educational product of the highest scientific rigor at international level. Additionally, this program provides training and professional development
in different areas: 

• Clinical symptoms development medicine to be able to address the infectious health-- disease process in a particular person through the study of the most prevalent and deadly infectious diseases, and, in epidemiology, to study the behaviour of the same phenomenon in a population
• The indication, performance and interpretation of the main state-of-the-art diagnostic tests to complement clinical skills in the diagnostic process. Emphasizing the most up-to-date microbiological tests used to rapidly diagnose germs and study antimicrobial
• The complex and determining pathophysiological relationships between the immune response and infectious agents
• Training and professional development in germs related to neoplasms and chronic non-communicable diseases
• Development and production of vaccines for the control of morbidity and mortality due
  to infectious diseases
• The important field of antimicrobial therapeutics, providing the best available information on the development and production of new antibiotics

Expand your knowledge in the treatment of infections thanks to this Postgraduate certificate"

Its teaching staff is made up of prestigious and renowned professionals with a long career in health care, teaching and research, who have worked in many countries on several continents, developing professional and teaching experience that they deliver in an extraordinary way in this Postgraduate Certificate.
 
The methodological design of this Postgraduate Certificate, developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, integrates the latest advances in educational technology for the creation
of numerous educational multimedia tools that allow the professional, based primarily around the Problem-Based Learning method, to address real problems in their daily clinical practice, which will allow them to advance by acquiring knowledge and developing skills that will impact their future professional work.
 
It should be noted in this Postgraduate certificate that each of the contents generated, as well as the videos, self-evaluations, clinical cases and exams, have been thoroughly reviewed, updated, and integrated by the teachers and the team of experts that make up the working group, to facilitate the learning process with a step-by-step approach in order to achieve the teaching program objectives. 

Focus your studies on the knowledge of chronic non-communicable diseases and their relationship with infections, and you will notice how you will improve in the treatment of your patients"

If you want to obtain the best training in the treatment of the infections, do not hesitate to study with us"

The teaching program has been created to provide healthcare professionals with the necessary tools for their daily practice in the treatment of chronic non-communicable diseases Thus, the content of this Postgraduate certificate is composed of the most up-to-date syllabus on the market, which has been developed by leading experts in the field at international level, with the aim of making specialists more accurate in the diagnosis and treatment of this type of infections. 

This educational program has the most up-to-date content on chronic diseases and infections”

Module 1. Epidemiology and Microbiology of Infectious Diseases

1.1. Epidemiological, Economic, Social and Political Conditions in Continents Which Favor the Development of Infectious Diseases 

1.1.1. Africa: 
1.1.2. America: 
1.1.3. Europe and Asia 

1.2. New and Emerging Diseases By Continent 

1.2.1. Morbidity and Mortality From Infectious Diseases in Africa 
1.2.2. Morbidity and Mortality From Infectious Diseases in the Americas 
1.2.3. Infectious Disease Morbidity and Mortality in Asia
1.2.4. Morbidity and Mortality From Infectious Diseases in Europe

1.3. The Taxonomy Of Infectious Agents

1.3.1. Viruses
1.3.2. Bacteria
1.3.3. Fungus
1.3.4. Parasites

1.4. Disease-producing Properties of Micro-organisms

1.4.1. Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
1.4.2.   Mechanisms of Adhesion and Multiplication
1.4.3. Mechanisms Enabling the Acquisition of Nutrients From The Host
1.4.4. Mechanisms Inhibiting The Phagocytic Process
1.4.5. Mechanisms For Evading The Immune Response

1.5. Microscopy and Staining

1.5.1. Microscopes and Types of Microscopes 
1.5.2. Composite Stains
1.5.3. Acid-resistant Micro-organism Staining
1.5.4. Staining to Demonstrate Cellular Structures

 1.6. Cultures and Growth of Micro-organisms

1.6.1. General Culture Mediums
1.6.2. Specific Culture Methods

1.7. Effect of Chemical and Physical Agents on Micro-organisms

1.7.1. Sterilisation and Disinfection
1.7.2. Disinfectants and Antiseptics Used in Practice 

1.8. Molecular Biology and its Importance for the Infectologist 

1.8.1. Bacterial Genetics 
1.8.2. Polymerase Chain Reaction Tests 

1.9. Indication and Interpretation of Microbiological Studies 

1.9.1. Indication of Microbiological Studies
1.9.2. Interpretation of Microbiological Studies

Module 2. Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and Infections

2.1. Infections and the Chronic Inflammatory Response

2.1.1. Immune System Cells of the Chronic Inflammatory Response to Infections
2.1.2. The Granulomatous Response and Delayed-type Hypersensitivity 
2.1.3. The Role of Chemical Mediators of the Chronic Inflammatory Response

2.2. Stress, Immunity and Infectious Agents 

2.2.1. Neurological, Endocrine and Immune Interrelationships
2.2.2. Stress and the Immune Response
2.2.3. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Infections

2.3. Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular Disease and the Role of Infectious Agents

2.3.1. The Role of Infectious Agents in Atherosclerosis
2.3.2. Cardiovascular Disease Mortality and its Association with Infectious Agents 
2.3.3. Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Pneumonia 

2.4. Digestive Diseases Associated with Infectious Microorganisms

2.4.1. Gut Flora and its Important Functions
2.4.2. Gastroduodenal Peptic Ulcer Disease and Helicobacter Pylori
2.4.3. Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Infections
2.4.4. Whipple´s Disease

2.5. Neurological Diseases and Infections

2.5.1. Dementia and Infections
2.5.2. Multiple Sclerosis and its Relationship to Certain Infectious Agents 
2.5.3. Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Immunity and Viral Infections
2.5.4. Parkinson's Disease and its Association with Infections

2.6. Endocrinopathies and Infections 

2.6.1. Diabetes Mellitus and Infections
2.6.2. Chronic Thyroiditis and Infections 

2.7. The Infectious Theory of Rheumatic Diseases

2.7.1. Rheumatoid Arthritis.
2.7.2. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
2.7.3. Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies
2.7.4. Weneger's Granulomatosis
2.7.5. Polymyalgia Rheumatica 

The content of this course will give you greater confidence in the diagnosis and investigation of infections caused by occupational accidents"