Global Health

Discover the importance of kitchenware and packaging that is safe for people and the environment alike. Food safety is highly regulated. Yet, one blind spot is the migration of molecules from contact materials in kitchenware into food. Particular attention needs to be placed on chemicals present at low doses [...]

What can we do to prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases from becoming epidemics or pandemic? In this course, you’ll learn the facts about infectious diseases and medical responses. We'll focus on the public health laws and policies that provide the framework for effective prevention, like quarantine laws, drug development [...]

Become part of the global health community and prepare yourself to join teams providing care. This introductory course, first delivered in September 2016, explores how multidisciplinary teams can work more effectively together to address global health needs. Whether you seek a career in international health or medicine, volunteer to [...]

Learn the principles and practice of critical care to treat and care for critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn to manage critical care patients whilst protecting yourself and your peers. “One of the essential qualities of the clinician is interest in humanity: the secret of the [...]

Explore global health governance and the challenges facing healthcare workers and policymakers. Learn how global health priorities and problems are addressed. On this course, you will gain a deeper understanding of the global health challenges in the 21st century. The promotion of global health is central to the United [...]

Explore how to conduct and interpret findings from global disability research. Understand why and how to do research in the field of global disability. In this course you will learn from researchers, persons with disabilities and policy makers as we look to enhance our understanding of the importance of [...]

Understand the challenges of alliance building within the global health sector with this innovative and informative course. Build alliances in global health using polio eradication as a case study. This hands-on course will prepare you to overcome the challenges associated with alliance building within the global health [...]

Prepare for undertaking an International Health Elective, in this course developed in collaboration with King's College London. International health electives (IHEs) are highly variable, student-organised placements that offer important opportunities for student-directed learning about health and healthcare in unfamiliar contexts. They enable medical and healthcare students to take responsibility [...]