Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine, Surveillance and Immunization

Tropical Medicine is a branch of medical science concerned primarily with the healthcare delivery in tropics and subtropics and also includes the multiple facets of travelers’ medicine, international medicine and global health.

Tropical Medicine has an illustrious historical background closely linked to the footprints of medieval travel, imperial expansion and associated socioeconomic evolution. Taking its birth in the colonial era this specialty of medicine is far more relevant now-a-days due to the increasing amount of global travel, information sharing and data analytics which makes the prevention of tropical infections a global endeavour with inter-geographic advantages.

Tropical medicine has traditionally been closely related with professionals working in infectious diseases. However, over time the discipline has evolved to include interdisciplinary activities related to creation and implementation of evidence based recommendations for infectious and non-infectious conditions which may be directly or indirectly concerned with the tropics. Apart from the basic tenets of infectious disease medicine, tropical medicine practice also necessitates a thorough understanding of ‘public health surveillance and informatics’ and immunization research.

A concrete knowledge base in Tropical Medicine, Public Health Surveillance and Immunization Research’ is a great credential for physicians, public health and allied healthcare professionals who desire to develop or enhance their career as front line healthcare providers as well as develop and implement preventive and therapeutic programs related to the tropical health.