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Global
Health
studies
Faculty of Medicine, Division
of Epidemiology, Public
Health & Primary Care
BSc in Global Health
Paolo Vineis
Helen Ward
Peter Piot
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100 years of living science
What is global health?
• “health problems, issues, and concerns
that transcend national boundaries, may
be influenced by circumstances or
experiences in other countries, and are
best addressed by co-operative actions
and solutions” *
*United States Institute of Medicine
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But - the global health challenge remains
• There are 6.2 billion people in the world
• One billion enjoy a long and healthy life
• How can we help the other five billion
people live longer, healthier lives?
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Ten leading causes of death: high income
countries
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Ten leading causes of death: low income
countries
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Obesity Trends* Among U.S. Adults
1985
Source: Mokdad A H, et al. J Am Med Assoc 1999;282:16,
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Obesity Trends* Among U.S. Adults
2001
Source: Mokdad A H, et al. J Am Med Assoc 1999;282:16,
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Starting in 2010 (after approval from Senate): full BSc (not
specialist Course)
Part A
Introductory Module (2 weeks): Global health challenges and
approaches to investigation
Global burden of disease; emerging epidemics; conflict; global
mental health; maternal and child health; poverty, inequality and
health; migration; climate change; millennium development
goals.
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Part B
Module 1: Infectious diseases new and old: major threats,
transmission, molecular epidemiology, control
Content: Global burden of infectious disease, current topics in HIV,
TB and malaria; anthropology; STI, migration and health; refugees
and migrants.
Module 2: The challenges of new epidemics: obesity, diabetes,
tobacco and environmental hazards; from discovery of causes
to governance.
Content: Global burden of non-infectious diseases; nutritional
epidemiology and the metabolic syndrome; tobacco-related
diseases and tobacco control; the role of environmental exposures
in developed and developing countries; climate change and its
effects on health; adaptation to climate change; the interplay
between genes and the environment.
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Module 3: Global health leadership: institutions, health
systems, policies and advocacy
Directors: Peter Piot and team from Global Health Institute
Content: Health systems world-wide (funding, organization,
access); international organizations dealing with global health:
roles, structure, achievements and limitations; role of NGOs;
examples of success stories in tackling global health issues;
examples of failure; analysis of the reasons for success or failure;
advocacy in global health; how to achieve leadership in global
health.
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Part C
Each student will undertake an individual project. The projects will
give the students the opportunity to undertake a piece of individual
research. Projects will be able to address any question in global or
environmental health.
Projects may be:
Literature-based, for example a systematic review and metaanalysis or an evidence-based policy review
Analysis of an existing data set within one of the many research
programmes
Undertaking the collection of new data, for example a clinical audit,
within the context of an existing clinical or research programme
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Potential projects include
The impact of climate change on heat-wave related mortality in
Europe
Obstacles to HIV testing in migrants in the UK
Ethnicity, nationality and country of birth: what routine
demographic data should be collected to understand population
health?
Availability of diagnostic tests through the internet and
implications for regulation
Post-traumatic stress in asylum seekers
London 2012 – will it lead to an increase in sexually transmitted
infections?
A systematic review of the increased risk of HIV infection
associated with sex work
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“When it comes to global health, there is
no ‘them’ ... only ‘us’”
Global Health Council
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