About this course: This course will provide you with an overview of the most important health challenges facing the world today. You will gain insight into how challenges have changed over time, we will discuss the likely determinants of such changes and examine future projections. Successful international strategies and programs promoting human health will be highlighted and global health governance structures will be mapped and the role of the key actors explored.
Created by: University of Copenhagen
Taught by: Flemming Konradsen, Professor, Director
Copenhagen School of Global Health
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Defining and Measuring Global Health
Welcome to the first module of this global health course.
In the first lesson we will introduce you to the overall concepts and definitions of global health and examine the question "What is the biggest global health challenges?". You'll get to hear some ans...
8 videos, 3 readings
Graded: Defining and Measuring Global Health
WEEK 2
Infectious Diseases
The second module of this course is focussed on infectious diseases. Lesson 3 will introduce you to the concept of infectious diseases and their relation to poverty and development, and lesson 4 will go through three prominent examples of infectious diseases t...
5 videos, 2 readings, 1 practice quiz
Graded: Infectious Diseases
WEEK 3
Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries
In the third module we'll have a closer look at non-communicable diseases, in short NCDs, and examine the forces that are behind the global epidemic rise of NCDs such as diabetes. The module also includes a lesson about mental health and injuries - two major g...
7 videos, 2 readings, 2 practice quizzes
Graded: Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries
WEEK 4
Maternal and Child Health
This fourth module deals with maternal and child health. The first focus will be on the important, and at times controversial, topic of sexual and reproductive health and rights, often shortened to SRHR. This is followed by a short lesson focussed on child hea...
6 videos, 2 readings
Graded: Maternal and Child Health
WEEK 5
Environment, Climate and Migration
In the fifth module we are looking at some great global crises that profoundly impact the health of populations, namely environment, climate change, and migration. We will examine the health acpect of these mega trends - how are they influencing and challengin...
6 videos, 2 readings
Graded: Environment, Climate and Migration
WEEK 6
Food and Water
Access to nutrituous food and clean water are fundamental to health and wellbeing. In the sixth module we are focussing on the role of nutrition and water, with some extra attention to the important role of sanitation and hygiene and their relation to human de...
4 videos, 2 readings, 1 practice quiz
Graded: Food and Water
WEEK 7
Health Systems and Global Health Governance
In this final module of the course we will go full circle, with lessons about the role of health systems and the impact of policy. The last lesson of the course will focus on global health governance and the health aspects of the UN Sustainable Development Goa...
6 videos, 5 readings, 1 practice quiz
Graded: Health Systems and Global Health Governance
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Complete and serious
extrema importância para diversas áreas do conhecimento
Not always as up to date as could be. Overall very nice overview of the different aspects of Global Health. Good course!
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Great overview course, wide variety of topics and lecturers. Highly recommend for anyone seeking an introduction to the study of global health.