Emergency, disaster preparedness and management (GHED620) (5cr)

Objective

After completing the course, students will be able to
- analyze the factors behind global interdependences, developments and future prospects by using theories of globalization
- use the concepts of disaster preparedness and response, and apply the basic approaches, ethical principles and legal bases appropriate for humanitarian action
- understand the challenges, tasks and roles of the health care sector in a humanitarian response
- lead health care actions to establish and maintain preparedness for terrorism and bioterrorism
- develop multidisciplinary interaction in response to the global challenge of displaced persons
- utilize information about disaster response in their work
- meet the requirements of disaster nursing
- understand the ethics of humanitarian aid to evaluate these ethical principles
- understand the meaning of love and forgiveness in global health work

Content

Core contents
I Basics of international humanitarian aid within the health context
- Theories of globalization and global interdependence
- Key concepts in disaster preparedness and response
- Ethics of humanitarian aid the code of conduct in humanitarian action
- The legal basis of humanitarian action
- The cluster approach in international humanitarian response international humanitarian actors in the field, humanitarian actors in interagency cooperation
II Aspects of effective disaster management
- Emergency preparedness, rapid assessment and response
- Project cycle and its management in humanitarian response
- Security in humanitarian settings
- Use of the SPHERE Handbook in disasters
- Evaluation of emergency response and debriefing