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| Title | Core concepts in global health and global burden of disease |
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| Course number | 2896 |
| Programme | Biology of infection and global health (BIGH) |
| Language | English |
| Credits | 1.5 |
| Date | 2016-10-17 -- 2016-10-21 | Responsible KI department | Department of Global Public Health |
| 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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| Additional course leader | |
| Latest course evaluation | Not available |
| Course responsible |
Rachel Irwin Department of Global Public Health rachel.irwin@ki.se |
| Contact person | - |
