University of Copenhagen - An Introduction to Global Health 

1.1: Welcome to the Course (F Konradsen)

1.2: Voxpop - What is the biggest global health challenge? (Your fellow students)

1.3: How Changing Policies Impact Population's Health (S Whyte)

2.1: Epidemiological and Demographic Transition (DW Meyrowitsch)

2.2: Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) (DW Meyrowitsch)

2.3: Global Burden of Diseases (DW Meyrowitsch)

2.4: Disease-specific Risk Factors, part 1 (IC Bygbjerg)

2.5: Disease-specific Risk Factors, part 2 (IC Bygbjerg)

Course Information

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Suggested readings and resources

Defining and Measuring Global Health

3.1: Infectious Diseases, part 1 (IC Bygbjerg)

3.2: Infectious Diseases, part 2 (IC Bygbjerg)

4.1: Infectious Diarrheal Diseases (S Tulsani)

4.2: Malaria - The Transition (L Hviid)

4.3: HIV in Global Health (J Lundgren)

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Suggested readings and resources

Online Activity: Infectious Diseases and Development Goals

Infectious Diseases

5.1: NCDs explained (AR Demaio)

5.2: The Global Burden of Disease - The Rise of NCDs (AR Demaio)

5.3: Determinants and Drivers of NCDs (AR Demaio)

5.4: Diabetes (V Narayan)

5.5: Joint Risk Factors (IC Bygbjerg)

6.1: Mental Health in a Global Perspective (M Muijen)

6.2: Pesticides and Self Harm in Sri Lanka (M Eddleston)

Suggested readings and resources

Suggested readings and resources

Online Activity: Air Pollution

Online Activity: Road Traffic Injuries

Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries

7.1: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (S Tellier)

7.2: Components of Sexual and Reproductive Health (BL Sørensen)

7.3: The Role of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (E Dupont)

7.4: Abortion Stigma (T Gammeltoft)

8.1: mHealth in Reproductive and Child Health (S Lund)

8.2: Continuum of Care (C Schmiegelow)

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Suggested readings and resources

Join our challenge: Help us reach the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)!

Maternal and Child Health

9.1: Environmental Health Challenges (F Konradsen)

9.2: Main Environmental Challenges (R Bos)

9.3: Climate Change and Health (P Furu)

10.1: Refugees and Internally Displaced (S Tellier)

10.2: Migrants and Health (S Tellier)

10.3: Migration and Health in a Scandinavian Context (M Nørredam)

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Suggested readings and resources

Environment, Climate and Migration

11.1: Nutrition and Infectious Diseases (H Friis)

11.2: Diabetes and Maternal and Child Health (KK Nielsen)

12.1: Sanitation and Development Goals (S Cairncross)

12.2: Diseases Related to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (W van Der Hoek)

Suggested readings and resources

Suggested readings and resources

Online Activity: Childhood Malnutrition

Food and Water

13.1: NCDs and Health Care Systems (G Galea)

13.2: Financing Universal Health Coverage (A Bjerrum)

13.3: Health Care Facilities in Burkina Faso (H Samuelsen)

13.4: Health Systems in Fragile States (TA Dræbel)

13.5 Medical Tourism

14.1: Global Health Governance (S Tellier)

14.2: Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (K Mauer-Stender)

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Suggested readings and resources

Keep in touch

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Lecturers

Online Activity: Framework for Health Systems

Health Systems and Global Health Governance