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Overview
At Health in Humanitarian Emergencies from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine you will learn how to adopt an evidence-based and reasoned approach to the critical assessment and management of health problems in humanitarian emergencies and to develop and evaluate strategies for their prevention and control.
We employ interactive lectures, student-led seminars, and group work around case studies and problem-solving exercises. Practical demonstrations of important disease vectors are held in the laboratory.
Students at Health in Humanitarian Emergencies from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine will:
- learn how to adopt an evidence-based and reasoned approach to the critical assessment and management of health problems in humanitarian emergencies;
- develop and evaluate strategies for their prevention and control.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Common public health problems: context and constraints to their management in emergencies;
- Common epidemic communicable diseases surveillance and control in emergencies;
- Effect of disasters on food security;
- HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections - approaches to prevention, control and management;
- Health promotion and post-conflict health needs.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 14 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
IELTS 6.5
TOEFL® IBT 88
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Credits
10 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Public Health Medicine Health Sciences View 250 other Short Courses in Public Health in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
IELTS 6.5
TOEFL® IBT 88
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Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Any person working in international development and humanitarianism would benefit from attending this course. Also, people who work in areas of public health, health protection and disease control would benefit.
- The course is taught in English. Students whose first language is not English must provide evidence of an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score of at least 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in all learning components, or a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of at least 88 for the Internet-based Test (iBT), with minimum scores of 21 for Listening and Writing, 22 for Reading and 23 for Speaking. Tests should be within their validity period of 2 years.
Tuition Fee
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International
1060 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1060 GBP for the full programme during 14 days. -
National
1060 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1060 GBP for the full programme during 14 days.
Living costs for Liverpool
556 - 1035 GBP /month
Living costs
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