4 Environmental Degree Programs in Guyana

This course is a study of the environment and provides the learner with the opportunity to understand the dynamics of how environmental factors integrate with agent and host factors in the causation, prevention and control of disease in human populations. Introduce the concepts of health, disease, environment, behavior and risk. Describe major environmental risks.

Bachelor of Science (Civil with Environmental Engineering)

The course provides an overview of the evolving global healthcare landscape. The powerful forces of globalization, demographic changes and emerging diseases make the health agenda for the new millennium very challenging. This course introduces students to global health terminology used in the field in line with the priorities of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Women and children are a unique and vulnerable group in global health. Global health interventions often target women and children because they suffer unique health disparities and yet they also show the most promise for improving health. The “Continuum of Care” for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) includes the provision of integrated services for mothers and children, from pre-pregnancy through delivery, the immediate postnatal period and the 'childhood. This care is provided by families and communities, through outpatient services, clinics and other health facilities.