Introduction: Overview of Communicable Diseases; Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases; Principles of Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases... Disease Control Tools: Basic Concepts of Health Measurement/Disease Frequency in Epidemiology... Different Approaches: 4Role in Prevention, One Example of Immunization: Measles; Outline of Surveillance and Response Plans: Bird flu in Thailand; How to Break the Chain of Transmission: Tuberculosis; Steps in Outbreak Management: Meningitis; Dealing with Drug Resistance: Malaria; Fighting Against Vectors: An Example of Mosquito Control... From the Field: 100 HIV/AIDS Control: A Comprehensive Approach; Highly Active Anti Retro Viral Therapy (HAART): Adherence and Influencing Factors; Community Education on Birdflu: A Method of Participatory Learning and Action.