Learning outcomes

To provide the students with knowledge on the magnitude and causes of different humanitarian crisis in the world, legal and human rights context and main actors in humanitarian crisis, magnitude and scope of health effects in different types of humanitarian crisis and the methods of assessing health in humanitarian crisis and main priorities in health care.

Contents

• History, trends, background and causes of humanitarian crises in the world
• The legal context of humanitarian assistance, rights and duties of aid personnel
• The international mechanisms for protection of human rights in humanitarian crisis
• Stakeholders, their tasks and local and international co-operation in humanitarian crisis
• Main public health problems in different types of man made crisis and natural disasters and their mechanisms
• Overall priorities in health care in humanitarian crisis and vulnerable groups
• Health needs assessment in humanitarian crisis
• Special features of military health care

Further information on prerequisites and recommendations

This course consists of 3 elective modules (2 days each). Attendance is limited to students enrolled on the Master's program in Health Sciences (International Health). The course is offered for outside participants by Tyt as single self financed modules.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	24 h	0 h
Group work	12 h	0 h

Modules of lectures and practice sessions 3x2 days

Teaching language

English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Pass/fail.
Participation and assingments are graded pass/fail

Recommended year of study

1. year autumn

Study materials

In addition: selected articles and documents Médecins Sans Frontières: Refugee Health – an Approach to Emergency Situations. Macmillan Educations, Oxford 1997. 0-333-72210-8; The Sphere Project: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response. The Sphere Project 2004. 92-9139-097-6. Chapters 1 and 5.

Further information

Organization responsible: Department of International Health, University of Tampere Medical School and the institute for extension studies at Tampere University (Tyt), Finnish Red Cross

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