The University of Geneva is excited to announce the launch of its 8 week
Massive Open Online Learning Course on 'Global Health: An Interdisciplinary
Overview,' which commences on the Coursera Platform on the 7th October,
2013.
 Anyone can register for this free online course via the following link: 
https://www.coursera.org/course/globalhealthovervie
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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.
 The course is based around the following themes:
 Week 1. Introduction to global health concepts 
 Week 2. Emerging trends in global health: Infectious diseases 
 Week 3. Emerging trends in global health: Non-communicable diseases,
mental disorders and disability 
 Week 4. Governance for global health, health systems and financing 
 Week 5. Foreign policy, trade and health 
 Week 6. Research, development, innovation and technology for global health

 Week 7. The environment, sustainable development and health 
 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. 
 We currently have around 11,000 students from across the globe enrolled in
this course. We encourage future enrollment in this course via the above
link (enrollment is ongoing throughout the 8 week course). 
 Please feel free to forward this email. 
 Best regards,
 Samantha Battams
    Dr Samantha Battams, PhD
 Course Director, Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Overview, University
of Geneva
 Senior Lecturer (Southgate Institute of Health, Society and Equity),
Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide
 +41774547106 (tel:%2B41774547106)


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