Health in Emergencies and Refugee Health
*This course is offered every other year. Next course is in Spring Semester 2025.
Learn to design and develop appropriate public health management strategies for humanitarian response including planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation.
This course offers an overview of issues involved in providing health interventions in emergency settings; the epidemiology of excess mortality and morbidity; the agreed guidelines and the role definitions among local, national and international actors. Both conventional wisdom and divergent views will be presented.
The course consists of 4 weeks of part-time online learning followed by 2 weeks of full-time, face-to-face studies at University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
The course addresses the following aspects related to disaster- and conflict related emergencies
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Context analysis, e.g. fragile settings, different types of emergencies, health resilience and risk reduction
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Legal and ethical frameworks, e.g. human rights, international humanitarian law, refugee convention, guidelines on internally displaced persons, codes of conduct.
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Operational aspects of humanitarian response interventions, e.g. needs assessments, health systems, control of communicable diseases including outbreaks, communications, mental health, reproductive health, violence and injuries, approaches to non-communicable disease, environmental health/water and sanitation, nutrition
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Coordination and roles in emergencies, e.g. ongoing humanitarian reform process, role of national governmental and non governmental actors
On completion of the course, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge on health issues in different settings and accepted approaches/guidelines to deal with them;
- Analyze and apply this knowledge to a variety of settings, adjusting to time and resources available
- Design and develop appropriate public health management strategies for humanitarian response, including planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation
This course on Health in Emergencies is aimed for humanitarian professionals working, or aiming to work, with national or international emergency management agencies, relief organizations, national governments or the UN system.
Participants must
- Hold a relevant bachelor degree or equivalent
- Have a minimum 2 years of relevant job experience
- Be proficient in English
Find detailed information about the current admission criteria.
Kristoffer Vogler, External Lecturer, Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen.
This course is offered as an elective part of the Master of Disaster Management
Priority is given to students enrolled on Master of Disaster Management. Once the enrolled students have been admitted to the course, the remaining seats are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Course details
Duration: | 6 weeks (4 weeks online / 2 weeks on campus) |
Dates: | 22 April - 16 May 2025 (online) 19 - 30 May 2025 (on campus) |
Place: | University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Course fee: | EU/EEA citizens Master student: 13,500 DKK Single course student: 15,000 DKK Non-EU/EEA citizens Master student: 19,250 DKK Single course student: 20,000 DKK Terms and conditions |
Level and credit: | Master's course; 5 ECTS |
Examination date: | See exam dates |
Application deadline: | 24 February 2025 |
Admission: | To be admitted, you must meet the admission criteria for Master of Disaster Management |