Unit Code: PCP811

Unit Name: Package Of Essential NCD Interventions For Primary Health Care (PEN)

Description: This Course is about the WHO package of essential NCD interventions for primary health care in low resource settings, and how these strategies can be used to address the burden of noncommunicable disease (NCDs) in the Pacific and in Fiji. It will review and discuss the different intervention strategies within the Pacific NCD framework and targets and how these can be implemented locally in the different countries in the Pacific. PCP811 will also discuss the components of NCDs intervention strategies and plans with the different populations and high risk approaches in prioritizing health issues. It will assist the nonclinical candidates to identify the high risk patients in the community, provide counselling and refer to medical practitioners for further management.

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Prerequisite: PCP810 and PCP812

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 60

Offered In: Semester 1,2