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This course proposes an overview of current global health challenges drawing on the insights of several academic disciplines including medicine, public health, law, economics, social sciences and humanities. This interdisciplinary approach will guide the student into seven critical topics in global health.

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Instructors

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Rafael Ruiz De Castañeda

Institute of Global Health - Faculty of Medicine

University of Geneva

43,369 Learners

3 Courses

Antoine Flahault

Professor of Public Health and Director of the Institute of Global Health (Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva) and co-Director of Centre Virchow-Villermé (Université Paris Descartes)

University of Geneva and Université Paris Descartes – Sorbonne Paris Cité

68,484 Learners

7 Courses

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

1

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Introduction

Welcome to Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Overview! This course consists of the course guides, including discussion forum activities and assessments, along with presentations by a range of presenters, from the University of Geneva, The Graduate Institute, WHO, UNDP, WTO, IUCN, Medicines Patent Pool, among others. You will benefit from the insights and perspectives of multiple contributors involved in global health research, teaching, policy and practice across disciplines and sectors. Your enjoyment and benefits from the course will above all depend on your participation within this course, and we very much look forward to your participation through the discussion forums. Enjoy the course!

1 hour to complete

7 videos (Total 15 min), 2 readings

Week

2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Introduction to Global Health concepts

2 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 56 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week

3

Week 3

5 hours to complete

Emerging Trends in Global Health: Infectious Diseases

There are 7 parts to module 3. Lessons 3 & 4 are both introductory sections that describe key concepts necessary to understand infectious diseases and how we deal with them. Lesson 5 constitutes the core lesson of module 3. This lesson focuses on the current global situation and future challenges for the most prominent infectious diseases of the world. In lessons 6-9 we discuss neglected tropical diseases, re-emerging infectious diseases and epidemics/pandemics. Finally, lesson 10 and 10b summarize module 3 in a set of key conclusions.

5 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 152 min), 9 readings, 1 quiz

9 videos

Risk Communication in the Context of Pandemics/Epidemics by Claudine Burton-Jeangros12m

Burden of Infectious Diseases and Healthcare Infections in Developing Countries by Benedetta Allegranzi18m

Prevention of Health Care Associated Infection: Pushing Back Barriers and National Frontiers by Didier Pittet18m

Pneumonia and Diarrhoeal Diseases in Children: Global Health Challenges by Alain Gervaix16m

Achievements and Challenges in the Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS by Michel Kazatchkine22m

Tuberculosis: Burden; Progress in Prevention, Care and Control; Challenges Towards Elimination by Mario Raviglione18m

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs): Key Issues and Challenges in Global Health by François Chappuis22m

Emerging Viruses in 2013: Influenza A H7N9 and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus by Laurent Kaiser13m

Mathematical modelling for understanding and predicting communicable diseases by Antoine Flahault9m

9 readings

Course guide module 310m

Lesson 310m

Lesson 410m

Lesson 510m

Lesson 610m

Lesson 710m

Lesson 810m

Lesson 910m

Lesson 1010m

1 practice exercise

Emerging Trends in Global Health: Infectious Diseases30m

Week

4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Emerging Trends in Global Health: Non-Communicable Diseases and Disability

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 84 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

6 videos

Ageing as a Global Health Challenge by Michel Oris15m

Physical Activity by Bengt Kayser14m

Cancer Epidemiology: How Epidemiology Informs Prevention & Treatment Service by Elisabetta Rapiti Aylward15m

Chronic Diseases in Developing Countries: Diabetes as a Global Health Challenge by David Henri Beran14m

Mental Health and Mental Health Promotion by Samantha Battams10m

Mental Health and Conflict by Ariel Eytan14m

3 readings

Course guide module 410m

Lesson 1110m

Lesson 1210m

1 practice exercise

Emerging Trends in Global Health: Non-Communicable Diseases and Disability30m

Week

5

Week 5

2 hours to complete

Governance for Global Health, Health Systems and Financing

2 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 60 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

4 videos

Global Health Governance by Ilona Kickbusch15m

EU as an Interesting Case-Study for Global Health Governance by Nicolas Levrat16m

The Role of European Union in Global Health by Samantha Battams8m

Designing Health Financing Systems for Universal Health Coverage by Inke Mathauer19m

3 readings

Course guide module 510m

Lesson 1310m

Lesson 1410m

1 practice exercise

Governance for Global Health, Health Systems and Financing30m

Week

6

Week 6

2 hours to complete

Foreign Policy, Trade and Health

Health policy has undergone profound changes during the last few decades. Although health has for a long time been an issue in international relations, it was for most of the 20th century perceived as a national and technical matter. This meant that solutions to health problems were seen to require primarily scientific and technological collaboration rather than political commitment. Along with the dramatic changes associated with globalisation, health is increasingly seen as a higher priority on international political agendas.

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 45 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week

7

Week 7

3 hours to complete

Research, Development, Innovation and Technology for Global Health

3 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 116 min), 6 readings, 1 quiz

8 videos

Global Health Research, Development and Innovation Policies by Samantha Battams6m

Trade, Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Public Health by Jayashree Watal14m

Public Health Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights by Peter Beyer19m

Voluntary Licensing for Innovation and Access by Esteban Burrone17m

Life Sciences Technologies by Denis Hochstrasser12m

Drug Development by Leonardo Scapozza17m

Information and Communication Technologies for Global Health by Antoine Geissbuhler21m

Strengthening primary healthcare: no innovation without training, no training without innovative pedagogical approaches by Beat Stoll5m

6 readings

Course guide module 710m

Lesson 1710m

Lesson 1810m

Lesson 1910m

Lesson 2010m

Lesson 2110m

1 practice exercise

Research, Development, Innovation and Technology for Global Health30m

Week

8

Week 8

2 hours to complete

The Environment, Sustainable Development and Health

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 67 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz

6 videos

Sustainable Urban Development by Roderick John Lawrence11m

The Capability Approach to Human Development by Jaya Krishnakumar14m

Health and Climate Change by Martin Beniston9m

Climate change and Infectious diseases by Antoine Flahault6m

Water and Health - The Water Resources Management Contribution by Mark Smith16m

Global Health challenges at the human-animal-ecosystem interface by Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda8m

4 readings

Course guide module 810m

Lesson 2210m

Lesson 2310m

Lesson 2410m

1 practice exercise

The Environment, Sustainable Development and Health30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM GLOBAL HEALTH: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY OVERVIEW

by LLNov 2, 2020

This is a very beneficial course that taught me many interesting skills. I am so grateful to all the lecturers and all those who prepared the materials. It is a very rich course!

by SFFeb 19, 2016

This course not only takes the time to explain the topics clearly and concisely they also take the time to explain the simple things like the roots of the words.

by ASJan 31, 2019

A very beneficial course for people seeking to gain knowledge in the field of Global Health or Healthcare in general

by RASep 6, 2018

This course is very challenging and prolific. It has really widen my knowledge in the Health sector and I hope to study an upgrade of it in future. Many thanks to all the course instructors.

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