Certificate in Global Health and Disaster Management
- Lusaka, Zambia
- Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Certificate
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: This certificate programme at Texila American University introduces global health and disaster management, covering globalization, demographic shifts, emerging diseases and SDG 2030 priorities. It explains universal health coverage, health equity, epidemic response, prevention strategies and rapid international interventions. Students learn to use World Health Organization data sources, including the Global Health Observatory, and examine current threats, surveillance, health systems and policy.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in public health, emergency preparedness, humanitarian aid, NGOs, government health departments and policy. Roles can include public health officer, emergency response coordinator, disaster management specialist, epidemiology assistant, global health analyst, NGO programme officer.
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). Course content is designed to advance the understanding of global health specifically:
- Universal health coverage for sustainable development by 2030: guaranteeing equity and the right to health for all.
- Ongoing global health crises: to save lives and defeat major epidemics.
- Prevention and responses to global health threats: to provide rapid and effective international interventions.
Students explore current global health issues and learn about the Global Health Observatory (GHO), a World Health Organization initiative to share global health data, including statistics by country and information on specific diseases and health measures.
