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Global Health, Conflict and Violence
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Overview

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

2,205

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Global Health, Conflict and Violence
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Highlights

  • Duration 3 weeks
  • Weekly study 3 hours
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Global Health, Conflict and Violence
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Course details

More about this course
  • On this course you will learn about the key principles and different forms of medical peace work in the context of global health, conflict and violence. You will consider the role healthcare workers have to play in the prevention of violence and peace practices.
  • You will examine scenarios such as working in a conflict zone, nuclear explosions, storms, floods, heatwaves, infectious disease, migration and violent conflict. In each case you will consider the effects of these on global health.

Global Health, Conflict and Violence
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Curriculum

Armed conflict

Welcome to the course and meet the team

Crisis at the district hospital

Ensuring access

Medical peace work

What did we learn this week?

A nuclear explosion

Nuclear weapons: an introduction

Responding to a nuclear explosion

What are nuclear weapons and why do we have them?

What can health professionals do?

What did we learn this week?

The climate crisis

Health effects of the climate crisis

Storms and floods

Heatwaves, drought and wildfires

Infectious disease

Sea level rise

Poverty, inequality and food insecurity

Migration and violent conflict

What can health professionals do?

What did we learn this week?

Course conclusion

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