The University of Guyana and its services will be closed from 14 at 22 February 2026 included.

Component : DFR Health
Domain: Health
Mentions : Tropical Medicine
Nature :  Diploma course.
Output level : BAC + 6
Location: Cayenne

Objectives

  • Acquire the knowledge needed to care for people/populations living in or coming from tropical or subtropical areas.
  • Acquire the knowledge needed to make decisions with a view to public health initiatives.

Target skills

  • Knowledge of working in a development context and/or with limited resources.
  • Ability to manage infectious diseases in tropical areas
  • Ability to manage migrant pathologies
  • Ability to take part in setting up and managing projects in a development context and/or with limited resources.

Admission

Access to the DU :

This course is open to :

  • Non-medical staff (nurses, nursery nurses) ;
  • Midwives ;
  • And any other staff with the agreement of the Head of Teaching. 

Conditions of admission

Admission is by application.

Registration

Instructions concerning the application procedure are posted on the Université de Guyane website during the annual admissions campaign. Applications and administrative registration are made online via e-candidat.

Programme

This DU will cover the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of the major syndromes and pathologies frequently encountered in tropical environments. Wherever possible, the teaching approach will be practical, and the presentation will be in the form of a decision tree.

  • The field of tropical medicine
  • Epidemiology and diagnosis of malaria
  • Tropical pathogen complex
  • Laboratory techniques
  • Malaria: clinical and therapeutic aspects
  • Vector control and collective prevention of malaria
  • Personal malaria prevention
  • Typhoid fever and other bacterial infections
  • Cerebrospinal meningitis
  • Tuberculosis: epidemiology in French Guiana and worldwide
  • Viral hepatitis
  • Bacterial and nosocomial infections
  • Human parasitic infections
  • Specific parasitic infections in French Guiana: toxoplasmosis, Chagas disease
  • Traveller and migrant diseases
  • Fundamentals of epidemiology and public health
  • Public health mediation
  • HIV/AIDS infections
  • Treatment of diarrhoea
  • Skin infections, leishmaniasis, leprosy, pruritus
  • Research protocol

Job opportunities

Sectors of activity

  • Tropical Medicine

Contact

Santé-contact
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Specific Health Access Pathway

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DU - Care management in tropical medicine

DU - Care management in tropical medicine

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DU Prevention and Health Promotion

DU Prevention and Health Promotion

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DU in Tropical Paediatrics

DU in Tropical Paediatrics

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DU Mediation in Health

DU Mediation in Health

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DU in Tropical Medicine

DU in Tropical Medicine

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Introduction to Emergency Medicine DU

Introduction to Emergency Medicine DU

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DU in Tropical Dermatology

DU in Tropical Dermatology

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3rd year of the General Training Diploma in Medical Sciences

3rd year of the General Training Diploma in Medical Sciences

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2nd year of the General Training Diploma in Medical Sciences

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Health

UFR SMS Medical and Health Sciences

Management

Prof. Pierre COUPPIE
Dean

Prof. Mathieu NACHER
Vice-Dean

Ms Sandrine ADONIS
Administrative and Financial Manager

Guillaume ICHER
MCF Associate Professor - Tutoring Manager

Scholarship

Mrs Romy BAAL-OTHILY
School coordinator
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Ms Véronique KONOE
Schooling Manager
T 0594 27 27 24
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Ms Victorine MAZONOE
Schooling Manager
T 0594 27 27 23
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Endrow PHIBEL
Apparitor
T 0594 27 27 25

Reception

Troubiran Campus
Building N

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