Global Health

Dozent/in	Dr. Samuel Lordemus
Veranstaltungsart	Vorlesung
Code	FS261019
Semester	Frühjahrssemester 2026
Durchführender Fachbereich	Gesundheitswissenschaften
Studienstufe	Bachelor
Termin/e	Do, 19.02.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, HS 8 Do, 26.02.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, HS 8 Do, 05.03.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, HS 8 Do, 12.03.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, HS 8 Do, 19.03.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, HS 8 Do, 26.03.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, HS 8 Do, 02.04.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, HS 8 Do, 16.04.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, HS 8 Do, 23.04.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, HS 8 Do, 30.04.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, HS 8 Do, 07.05.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, HS 8 Do, 21.05.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, HS 8 Do, 28.05.2026, 08:15 - 10:00 Uhr, HS 8 Mi, 10.06.2026, 08:15 - 09:45 Uhr, HS 9 (Prüfung)
Umfang	2 Semesterwochenstunden
Inhalt	This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to global health, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. We will explore the most pressing disease and health care problems, and critically discuss efforts to address them. The course will identify the main social, environmental, political and economic factors that shape global health, and discuss its development from a historical perspective. We will further examine the role of major stakeholders in global health, such as international health organizations, governments, and civil society. Using case studies, students will develop knowledge of successful health interventions and remaining challenges in global health. Session overview Week 1: Introduction to Global Health Key global health facts; Burden of diseases; Health goals Week 2: Health and Poverty Health & financial hardship; universal health coverage Week 3: History of Global Health Birth of modern public health; Tropical medicine; global health transition Week 4: Global health Governance Main actors; Aid effectiveness; global response Week 5: Financing Global Health Trends in financing; sources of finance; Access to medicines Week 6: Infectious Diseases and Epidemics Burden of diseases; detection and identification; global responses Week 7: Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) Global burden; global financing of NCDs; associated risk factors Week 8: Global Mental Health Epidemiology; key challenges; treatment and care approaches Week 9: Emergency Humanitarian Assistance Refugees and migrant health; natural disasters & health responses Week 10-12: Group presentations on case studies
Lernziele	By the end of the course the student should be able to: - Describe the current factors that shape global health - Identify global burden of disease and social determinants of health - Describe the history of global health in relation to current health priorities - Critically assess existing health policies and formulate practical solutions to global health issues - Identify key actors in global health and discuss their role - Develop in-depth understanding of major health indicators and health-related challenges in a specific country
Sprache	Englisch
Anmeldung	Moodle: https://elearning.hsm-unilu.ch/course/view.php?id=982
Leistungsnachweis	Each session will consist of a lecture (with interactive elements) and an applied part with student contributions. The lecture covers the main concepts and provides the theoretical context of each week’s topic. The applied part consists of discussion on selected papers, student presentations, small-group discussions, and data analysis exercises. To this end, required reading will be assigned before each session. There will be set of questions for each week to guide your reading; students should then be prepared to answer these questions in the lecture. The final grade consists of: - 1) Presentation: students will present one example of a health intervention in a Low-Income country, using the acquired knowledge from the lectures. Details of the assignment will be discussed in the first week - 30% of final grade - 2) Unseen written exam: Students may be examined on any aspect of the course - 70% of final grade IMPORTANT: In order to earn credits and participate at the exam registration via Uni Portal within the exam registration period is MANDATORY. Further information: www.unilu.ch/en/study/courses-exams-regulations/health-sciences-and-medicine/exams/
Abschlussform / Credits	Presentation, Exam / 3 Credits
Hörer-/innen	Nein
Kontakt	samuel.lordemus@unilu.ch
Material	Teaching material is based on slides, scientific articles and book chapters provided in the online platform. In this course podcast will be provided.