What are the world’s major health challenges? What contributes to them? What can we do to improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities?
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The Challenges of Global Health
Duke UniversityAbout this Course
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Beginner Level
Approx. 20 hours to complete
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Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Learner Career Outcomes
27%
started a new career after completing these courses
41%
got a tangible career benefit from this course
18%
got a pay increase or promotion
Flexible deadlines
Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
Shareable Certificate
Earn a Certificate upon completion
100% online
Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
Beginner Level
Approx. 20 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
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Duke University
Duke University has about 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students and a world-class faculty helping to expand the frontiers of knowledge. The university has a strong commitment to applying knowledge in service to society, both near its North Carolina campus and around the world.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
1 hour to complete
Getting Started
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1 hour to complete
2 videos (Total 6 min), 4 readings
6 hours to complete
Basic Concepts in Global Health
This module covers some of the most important basic concept that you need to know to understand global health. In particular we will focus on key terminology and the determinants underlying health and disease.
6 hours to complete
15 videos (Total 253 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz
8 hours to complete
Understanding the Key Global Health Challenges
This module focuses on examining the causes and distribution of infectious disease, noncommunicable disease, injury/violence/disaster, and MCH (maternal and child health).
8 hours to complete
21 videos (Total 347 min), 11 readings, 1 quiz
4 hours to complete
Actors & Action: Finding Global Health Solutions
This module explores the main global health actors, how they work, and what strategies they use to improve global health outcomes and to solve global health problems.
4 hours to complete
10 videos (Total 153 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL HEALTH
by ANSep 5, 2020
This was a very detailed and well structured course. Dr. Boyd gave me a panoramic understanding of Global Health Challenges, the interdependence and complexity of these challenges and their solutions.
by AIAug 23, 2020
It was inspiring, educational, and informative. Dr. Boyd really added a lot of the enthusiasm and energy to the course and I really appreciate him for it. Overall, an amazing intellectual experience.
by BSApr 7, 2021
This was one of the best courses I have come across so far. The majority of the appreciation belongs to the instructor-Dr Boyde. He was natural, clear, and creative in keeping the course interesting.
by MFMay 22, 2021
Dr Boyd is an interesting Professor who explained every topic in this course in a way that can be understood by someone new to global health courses. I enjoyed the course. Thank you so much Dr Boyd.
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