PHC 6186

Public Health Emergencies in Large Populations (PHLEP)

To develop or improve the skills of persons interested in providing emergency health services in humanitarian emergencies. The course is divided into two parts: 1)meeting health needs large populations and 2)the humanitarian and ethical issues of refugees and displaced people. Topics covered include food and nutrition, water and sanitation, providing health services, reproductive health, control of communicable diseases, humanitarian law, human rights, ethics, and the geopolitical issues related to population displacement particularly from conflict.

Units: 3.0