<div dir="ltr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Samantha Battams</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Samantha.Battams@unige.ch">Samantha.Battams@unige.ch</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">Date: Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 7:49 AM<br>
Subject: Global Health MOOC starting 7th October 2013<br>To: Samantha Battams <<a href="mailto:Samantha.Battams@unige.ch">Samantha.Battams@unige.ch</a>><br><br><br>
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<div style="direction:ltr;font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma">The University of Geneva is excited to announce the launch of its 8 week Massive Open Online<span>
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Course on 'Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Overview,' which commences on the Coursera Platform on the 7th October, 2013.<span></span><br>
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Anyone can register for this free online course via the following link:<br>
<a href="https://www.coursera.org/course/globalhealthoverview" target="_blank">https://www.coursera.org/course/globalhealthovervie</a><a href="https://www.coursera.org/course/globalhealthoverview" target="_blank"><span>w</span></a><br>
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The course presents a range of issues, trends, achievements and challenges for global health, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Thus we anticipate that students will benefit from the insights and perspectives of multiple contributors involved in global
health research, teaching, policy and practice across disciplines and sectors. Moreover, students will benefit from each other's experience through the online interactive discussion forums.<br>
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The course is based around the following themes:<br>
Week 1. Introduction to global health concepts <br>
Week 2. Emerging trends in global health: Infectious diseases <br>
Week 3. Emerging trends in global health: Non-communicable diseases, mental disorders and disability
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Week 4. Governance for global health, health systems and financing <br>
Week 5. Foreign policy, trade and health <br>
Week 6. Research, development, innovation and technology for global health <br>
Week 7. The environment, sustainable development and health <br>
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The course includes video presentations by a range of 36 experts from the University of Geneva and other organisations, plus a course guide and interactive online discussion forum activities. One third of presentations will be from presenters affiliated with
other international institutions from Geneva and surrounds, including The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, the World Health Organisation, United Nations Development Program, World Trade Organisation, International Union for Conservation
of Nature and the Medicines Patent Pool. <br>
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We currently have around 11,000 students from across the globe enrolled in this course. We encourage future enrolment in this course via the above link (enrolment is ongoing throughout the 8 week course).
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Please feel free to forward this email. <br>
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Best regards,<br>
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Samantha Battams<br>
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<div align="left">Dr Samantha Battams, PhD<br>
Course Director, Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Overview, University of Geneva<br>
Senior Lecturer (Southgate Institute of Health, Society and Equity), Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide<br>
<a href="tel:%2B41774547106" value="+41774547106" target="_blank">+41774547106</a><br>
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