Health in Emergencies and Refugee Health

Learn to design and develop appropriate public health management strategies for humanitarian response including planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation.

This course is a part of

Master of Disaster Management

Level

Professional Master

Start date

03-02-2025

Duration

6 weeks

ECTS

Price

DKK 13,500 - DKK 20,000

Registration deadline

09-12-2024

The course offers an overview of issues involved in providing health interventions in emergency settings.

This includes; the epidemiology of excess mortality and morbidity, and 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.

Course content

The course addresses the following aspects related to disaster- and conflict related emergencies:

Context analysis, e.g. fragile settings, different types of emergencies, health resilience and risk reduction.
Legal and ethical frameworks, e.g. human rights, international humanitarian law, refugee convention, guidelines on internally displaced persons, codes of conduct.
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.
Coordination and roles in emergencies, e.g. ongoing humanitarian reform process, role of national governmental and non governmental actors.

The programme is an excellent investment in yourself and your personal development as someone dedicated to the cause of disaster risk management.

Vlatko Jovanovski, Head of Secretariat at Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative for Southern Eastern Europe, MDMa Class 2012

Course Director on Health in Emergencies and Refugee Health

Course information about Health in Emergencies and Refugee Health

Dates and examination

Course dates

3 - 28 February 2025 (online)
3 - 14 March 2025 (on campus)

Examination

Please find the exam dates in the exam plan.
You can find further information about the course and the exam in the course curriculum.

See an overview of all courses on Master of Disaster Management.

Learning outcomes

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.

See all learning outcomes in the course curriculum.

Admission criteria

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.

You must meet the following criteria to be admitted to this course:

Hold a relevant bachelor degree or equivalent
Have a minimum 2 years of relevant job experience
Be proficient in English

Find detailed information in the admission criteria on Master of Disaster Management.

Priority is given to enrolled students

This course is offered as an elective course in the Master of Disaster Management programme. Priority is given to students already enrolled. Once the enrolled students have been admitted to the course, the remaining seats are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Tuition fees

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

Contact

Christine Gulstad
Study Administration Officer
mdma@sund.ku.dk
Tel.: +45 35 32 12 73

Place

University of Copenhagen
City Campus
Øster Farimagsgade 5
1353 Copenhagen
Denmark

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