Course Coordinator:
Prof. Siswanto Agus Wilopo, M.D., M.Sc., Sc.D
Course Description
This is an advance course of population health which address a set of public health problems experienced by people affected by natural disasters and/or conflict. It discusses the many changes in people’s lives when they are uprooted by disaster and/or conflict, ranging from changes in disease patterns, access to health care, family planning and reproductive health services, livelihoods, shelter, sanitary conditions, nutritional status, and epidemic of infectious diseases, such acute respiratory and cholera.
Student will appraise what humanitarian interventions should be look like if we want to prevent and mitigate the effects of disasters and/or conflict. The course content is a mix of theoretical knowledge and many practical experiences from recent disasters and/or conflict in Indonesia. Student will have chance to see directly what has been done to mitigate the impact of natural disasters and/or conflict. We think this course is unique because it contains so many practical ‘real-life’ examples and is taught be instructors and guest lecturers who together have many years of experience in this field.