240108 VO+UE VM3 / VM8 - International Health and Humanitarian Work (2021W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie

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Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

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LV Nr. der Med Uni 851.101

Digital
Thursdays, 16h - 17h30 via Distant-Learning (MedUni)

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Aims, contents and method of the course

This practice seminar will offer an inter/transdisciplinary overview on healthcare aspects when working in the so-called 'Global South' (formerly: developing countries) and will confer basic knowledge on the history, actors and principles in the humanitarian arena. It will be touching on the fields of infectious diseases, migration, inequality, water/sanitation, appropriate technology, tropical surgery, postcolonial and gender studies, anthropology - to name a few. The focus will be on providing a deeper insight and a critical reflection on practical aspects of working under resource limited settings and give an overview of existing resources as well as recent international spin-off collaborations.

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- Danny de Vries, Emergency preparedness & Anthropology of health /
Amsterdam Institute for Global Health & Development
- Edith Stein, Global mental health / Medical University of Vienna /
Harvard Medical School
- Esther Mukooza, Medical anthropology / Doctors without borders / St.
Lawrence University Kampala
- Helmuth Hartmeyer, Global education / formerly Austrian Development Agency
- Herbert Mushumba, Forensic science / University Medical Center
Hamburg-Eppendorf / Rwanda
- Najia El Abbadi, Neurosurgery / Rabat reference center for training of
african young neurosurgeons (WFNS)
- Marcella Ryan-Coker, Global health & Trauma surgery / Feminist Blog / Emergency Hospital Goderich Sierra Leone
- Michael Pritsch, Tropical medicine / Medical Center of the University of Munich / Bolivia
- Mina Lahlal, Global health & Trauma surgery / Wilhelminenspital Vienna
- Ruth Kutalek, Medical anthropology / Medical University of Vienna /
Sierra Leone
- Simone Böll, (Tropical) Dermatology / Inselspital Bern
- Ursula Trummer, Sociology in Health & Medicine / Center for Health & Migration
- Ziad El-Khatib, Epidemiology / AGES/Kigali/Karolinska

Assessment and permitted materials

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Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

he aim is to deploy the potential of the manifold disciplines involved in global health and draw from the pre-existing body of experience of their professionals based locally or abroad - and access these to the students. This should provide a ground for further endeavors and increase the sensitization and learning curve with respect to humanitarian dilemmas while challenging the own position and expecting the unexpected. The previously mentioned is geared towards avoiding the constant recurrence of common pitfalls and unnecessary frustrations while working towards an eye-level interaction in international encounters beyond scratching the surface.

guest lectures with discussions (most probable online), supported by audio-visual material, thematic focus:
- presenting internationally active unconventional initiatives in global health
- basic introduction to global health
- analysis of practical examples and pitfalls from the field (surgical / medical /social / technical...)
- aid dependency and humanitarian dilemma
- critical reflection on humanitarianism and development aid
- inter/transdisciplinary approach towards shelter, access to food, water and sanitation and their impact on health - and mitigation strategies
- international players and institutions in essential surgical care and global health
- access to up to date information resources and preparation for missions

Examination topics

Reading list

Association in the course directory

VM3/ VM8

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