Strategic themes:
Internationalisation,
Sustainable development
General description
This course deals with the effects of human mobility on health.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the students have insight in the magnitude and causes of human mobility and its effects on health.
Contents
•Magnitude and causes of internal displacement, immigration and emigration and definitions of human mobility status •Special issues in health of individuals and populations residing outside their home region •Human trafficking •Characteristics of travel and travellers in the world •Impact of human mobility on transmission of pathogens, example of influenza: pandemic modelling, spread and containment •Road traffic and health •Individual and institutional competences in transnational health care •Transnational encounters in health care •Impact of globalisation on global medicines and vaccines production, global view to counterfeit drugs
Teaching methods
Teaching method
Contact
Online
Lectures
Group work
Exercises
Lectures (12h), seminar (15h), group work (10h), exam.
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Participation in course work
In
English
Written exam
In
English
Active participation lectures (75%) in group works, and seminars, passing exam.