Health in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies

Health in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies

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  • 4 Sequences
  • Intermediate Level

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Syllabus

  • Week 1 - Setting the Stage: Refugees, Displaced Persons, Conflict, and Complex Emergencies
    Defining complex humanitarian emergencies, the top priorities and response, and main actors involved.
  • Week 2 - Healthcare in the Emergency Phase
    Mental health programming for populations impacted by emergencies, reproductive health, food and nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene.
  • Week 3 - Disease Control
    Disease control, and communicable non-communicable diseases.
  • Week 4 - Program Management
    Overview of an essential component of emergency management - program management.

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

Dabney P. Evans, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Hubert Department of Global Health. Rollins School of Public Health. Director, Center for Humanitarian Emergencies.

Cyrus Shahpar
Assistant Professor, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine & Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health

Editor

Emory University, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the world's leading research universities. Its mission is to create, preserve, teach and apply knowledge in the service of humanity.

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