Global helse

The course, PH3000: Global Health, introduces students to a wide range of global health issues predominantly affecting low- and middle-income countries. It provides introductory knowledge of topics such as: the global burden of diseases and their impact on the health of populations; initiatives for the eradication of infectious diseases (e.g., vaccination strategies); antibiotic resistance; key concepts and challenges related to maternal and reproductive health and rights and infant, child, and adolescent health; the health consequences of violence and conflict; determinants of health, inequality and inequity in health, and tools to address them; an introduction to cross-cultural perspectives on health, illness and disease; human rights and ethical responsibilities and debates in global health; environmental/ecological factors affecting health; different types of global health systems and policy issues such as task-shifting, health care financing, private vs. public solutions, and cost-effectiveness analyses of health care interventions.

Upon completion of the PH3000 course, the student is able to:

• identify, describe and analyse important global health problems
• understand the relationship between determinants of health and major global health problems/challenges
• describe sustainable ways to improve health, considering economic, cultural and ethical issues
• describe and assess the global burden of diseases, morbidity, mortality, infectious and non-communicable diseases, and preventive measures
• describe and assess women's, maternal, sexual and reproductive health and rights
• describe and assess health consequences of exposure to violence and war trauma
• explain the interconnecting causes of global health problems
• describe the Sustainable Development Goals 2015-2035
• present, discuss and communicate major global health issues and critically consider evidence-based interventions for improving health
• understand the basics of the distribution of ill-health and interactions between health determinants - physical, cultural, social, ecological and political
• communicate key global health issues and sustainable responses to these multifaceted health challenges
• understand a broad typology of health systems, different models for health care organisation, provision and evaluation
• describe some key strengths and weaknesses of health systems in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) contexts
• discuss challenges related to health policy and systems in LMIC contexts

Lectures, seminars, groupwork tasks, written and oral presentations, individual studies.

The language of teaching and examination is English.