Global Health, Conflict and Violence
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Course overview
- Provider
- Futurelearn
- Course type
- Free trial availiable
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Course author
- Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy
Description
Understand the role of medical peace work, and consider the role of healthcare workers in times of conflict and violence.
Explore the role of medics and healthcare workers in promoting peace
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.
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