The course will strengthen understanding of:
• Causes (natural, man-made) of humanitarian crises and disasters and their impact on people's health.
• Public health consequences of humanitarian crises caused by natural disasters, man-made disasters, wars or conflicts.
• Importance of disaster preparedness and response.
• Specific challenges of public health in complex emergencies.
• Environmental impact of disasters and humanitarian crises.
• Water supply and sanitation in extreme conditions.
• Management strategies of humanitarian crises situations with national and international efforts.

Lecture Themes:

• Introduction to humanitarian crises
• History, trends and causes of humanitarian crises, Public health threats in humanitarian crises
• Actors, collaboration and financing
• International laws and human rights in humanitarian crises
• Organizing health care in humanitarian crises: Disaster preparedness, Health care and crisis situation, Transition from relief to rehabilitation
• Research and humanitarian crises

Learning Methods:

• Contact and web-based learning for students in Kuopio.
• Only web-based learning for remote students.
• Web-based learning includes studying of video-lectures and lecture notes, writing learning diary and exercises.
• Successful completion of the course requires substantial amount of independent studying. Study material is provided during the course.

Organised by the University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Public Health. Course director: Sohaib Khan

Course coordinator and registration: Paola Kontro,University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Public Health e-mail: paola.kontro@uef.fi