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The Science and Politics of the GMO
by Sarah Evanega , Ronald Herring , David Just , Jaron Porciello- 0.0
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5 Weeks
Learn the basics of genetic engineering and biotechnology and examine why the GMO is politically contentious. Participants will gain an understanding of how science works, its limits, and how the interaction of these factors leads to decision making. What exactly are genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and why do scientists develop them?...
$49
Child Protection: Children's Rights in Theory and Practice
by Jacqueline Bhabha- 0.0
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16 Weeks
Learn how to protect children from violence, exploitation, and neglect through law, policy, and practice in a human rights framework. Across the world, children are at riskfrom violence, abuse, exploitation, and neglect. Conflict and natural disasters have forced millions to flee their homes and confront the dangers of migration and displacement....
$99
Improving Global Health: Focusing on Quality and Safety
by Ashish Jha- 0.0
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10 Weeks
An introduction to the emerging field of global healthcare quality. Improving access to healthcare is only as useful as the quality of care provided. Many agree that quality is important – but what is it? How do we define it? How do we measure it? And most importantly, how might we make it better?...
$99
Lessons from Ebola: Preventing the Next Pandemic
by Ashish Jha- 0.0
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4 Weeks
Understanding the context for the Ebola outbreak: What went right, what went wrong, and how we can all do better. Like no other event in recent history, the 2014 Ebola outbreak has made clear the fragility of existing health systems. What happened during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa? How do we prevent the next the pandemic?...
$99
Protecting Children in Humanitarian Settings
by Hanna-Tina Fischer , Mark Canavera , Michael G. Wessells- 0.0
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12 Weeks
Strengthen your approach to protecting and promoting the wellbeing of children in humanitarian settings using the latest evidence on childhood adversity and drawing on experiences from child protection practitioners. Globally, an unprecedented 131 million people are affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. Course participants will engage in critical thought about current international child protection practice and how to strengthen it....
$50
The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Health
by Gabrielle A. Jacquet , Suzanne Sarfaty , Mark Hauswald , Janis P. Tupesis- 0.0
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2 Weeks
Learn how to safely and effectively participate in global health rotations, projects, and volunteer work. Whether you’re considering a global health learning experience such as a clinical rotation, a research project, or volunteer work, or are preparing to work abroad, this is the course for you! The course provides guidance for undergraduate and graduate students, medical trainees, and volunteers....
$50
COVID-19 in Slums & Informal Settlements: Guidelines & Responses
by Ceasar McDowell , Karenna Groff , Daniela Beltrame , Amelia Seabold- 0.0
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4 Weeks
Learn how COVID-19 has impacted the world’s most vulnerable populations across the Global South and understand the varied responses and guidelines in self-organized, self-built urban poor communities. The COVID-19 pandemic accentuates existing vulnerabilities. What, then, is occurring on the ground in informal settlements, and which guidelines are legitimately helpful? The characteristics of self-organized urban poor communities...
$29
Global Health: Ebola, COVID, and Beyond
by Dr. Donald Donahue- 0.0
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6 Weeks
Become part of the global health community and prepare yourself to join teams providing care. This introductory course, first delivered in September 2016, explores how multidisciplinary teams can work more effectively together to address global health needs. The 2003 SARS outbreak and the 2013-2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa focused the world’s attention on global health....
$49
Health and Society
by Ichiro Kawachi , Monica Wang- 0.0
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4 Weeks
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the major social variables that affect population health. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the major social variables—social class, race, gender, poverty, income distribution, social networks/support, community cohesion, the work and neighborhood environment—that affect population health. The course covers the theoretical underpinnings of each construct (e....
United States Health Policy
by John McDonough- 0.0
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4 Weeks
Learn the essentials of U. S. health care policy from some of the nation's top experts. Many Americans complain that they do not understand the U. S. health reform law called the Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare). They are right, and the main reason is because most Americans do not understand the basics of the U....
$250
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