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Title Core concepts in global health and global burden of disease
Course number 2896
Programme Infektionsbiologi och global hälsa (BIGH)
Language English
Credits 1.5
Date 2016-10-17 -- 2016-10-21
Responsible KI department Institutionen för global folkhälsa
Specific entry requirements Ingen
Purpose of the course The purpose of the course is to provide students with a global perspective on health issues and the range of solutions to these issues; students will also develop their skills in critical analysis, and will develop confidence in building and presenting arguments in favour of or against various solutions to addressing health issues at a global level.
Intended learning outcomes After this course, students will be able to:
Describe broad trends and inequality in the burden of disease in low, middle and high-income countries; and discuss globalisation and the drivers of these trends;
Understand how data on the global burden of disease is collected and analysed;
Describe key actors, intuitions and legal regimes in global health;
Discuss challenges in implementing the health-related Sustainable Development Goals;
Discuss the role of health systems in addressing current global health challenges
Contents of the course This course covers:
Trends in the global burden of disease, including infectious disease, non-communicable disease, mental health, accidents and violence;
Drivers of global inequalities in health;
Challenges in measuring and analysing the global burden of disease;
Global health governance and financing;
The legal basis underpinning action in global health;
Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals for health, particularly Goal 3;
Current challenges in global health, such as migration, climate change and Ebola.
Teaching and learning activities The course will be a mixture of interactive lectures with group work, and self-directed learning.
Compulsory elements
Examination Take-home essay exam: Students will be provided a choice of three questions and asked to answer one in a 1000 word essay. The essay is take-home and is due 1 week after the end of the course
Literature and other teaching material Merson, M.H., Black, R.E. and A.J. Mills (2012) Global Health: Diseases, Programs, Systems and Policies. 3rd Edition. Jones & Bartlett.

Markle, W.H., Fisher, M.A., Smego, R.A (2014) Understanding global health 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill/Lange.

Davies, S., Kamradt-Scott, A., Rushton, S. (2015). Disease Diplomacy: International Norms and Global Health Security. Baltimore, USA: John Hopkins University Press.
Number of students 8 - 25
Selection of students Selection will be based on 1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant's doctoral project (according to written motivation), 2) date for registration as a doctoral student (priority given to earlier registration date)
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Latest course evaluation Not available
Course responsible Rachel Irwin
Institutionen för global folkhälsa

rachel.irwin@ki.se
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