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221.615.19
Health Emergencies in Large Populations (H.E.L.P.)

Location
East Baltimore
Term
Winter Institute
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
5
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Monday, January 7, 2013
End Date
Friday, January 18, 2013
Class Time(s)
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 9:00am - 6:00pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
One Year Only
Next Offered
Only offered in 2012
Description
Covers the basics of health care in refugee and disaster situations, including disaster epidemiology, environmental health, food and nutritional issues in emergencies, the design, and implementation of health services, and management of communicable diseases. Also covers of conflict origins and conflict resolution, international humanitarian law, human rights and human security, and humanitarian ethics.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. apply epidemiological information toward designing and monitoring relief activities such as water and sanitation, food and nutrition, disease surveillance and control, immunization and health services
  2. design a survey which would provide public health managers with key information on care of a displaced population
  3. set out the key organizational actions to be taken after a sudden onset disaster; 4) determine what relief activities are covered under International Humanitarian Law