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International Health International health refers to the interlocking and interrelated health status of people throughout the world and to efforts to improve the health of all people of every country. Last, FoegeTRANSCRIPT
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Global HealthGlobal Health Network Supercourse
Project, University of Pittsburgh
Building a Global Prevention Network to Share Knowledge and
Wisdom
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Mission of this lecture1.Teach every medical, public
health and nursing student in the world about global health
2. Develop a global health network for students to tackle local to global health problem.
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International Health
International health refers to the interlocking and interrelated health status of people throughout the world and to efforts to improve the health of all people of every country.
Last, Foege
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Global health is an important new term, and an important new concept. The Institute of Medicine refers to global
health as "health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national boundaries, may be influenced by
circumstances or experiences in other countries, and are best addressed by
cooperative actions and solutions."
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Why should medical students learn about global health
• As of today, medical schools have very few lectures on global health is their curricula
• Health is becoming a global problem, with chronic diseases being a number one killer around the globe
• By learning more about global health research, medical students will be better equipped to face the challenges of their unique profession
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What should medical students know about global health
• Know the differences between global and international health research
• Identify key challenges to global health• Recognize the importance of information sharing in
the area of global health• Recognize the importance of preventive activities in
improving global health• Recognize the need for global networking to
improve global health locally and globally
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Local health
International health
Global health
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Smallpox vaccination: the case of global health effort in disease
eradication
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Most important problems of global health today
• Communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions
• Noncommunicable diseases• Injuries
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There are many challenges to global health with different professionals emphasizing different diseases.
Interdisciplinary approaches are needed to ease the burden of both
communicable and non-communicable diseases
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Digital divide: gap between haves and have nots
One of the biggest global health challenges is access to information
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The importance of knowledge, learning,
innovation, and IT
“The most fundamental resource in modern economy is knowledge and, accordingly, the most important process is learning”
Lundvall, Bengt-Åke (1992) National Systems of Innovation. Towards a Theory of Innovation and Interactive Learning. Pinter, London and New York, pp. 342
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University of Khartoum, Sudan
Cuttington University, Liberia
Last Biomedical Journal1990
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How can you become involved with Global Health? The Supercourse
SUPERCOURSE-global library of lectures on prevention and
public health, shared for free by the best faculty in the world.
www.pitt.edu/~super1
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BiomedicalResearch
Education in Medicine and Public Health
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Global Health Information Sharing: Supercourse CD/DVD
Distributed to over 10,000 individuals around the globe
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Conclusion
• Global health is important, as similar conditions plague people in developed and developing countries alike
• Life expectancy in the 20th century was improved due to successes in global health efforts
• Medical students need to know more about global health research and form networks to share important global health knowledge
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Additional ReadingsOpen Source
http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec6921/index.htm
Supercourse and Disaster Management Training http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec21601/index.htm
Social Epidemiologic Methods in International Population Health and Health Services Research http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec17561/index.htm
Principles of Research Synthesishttp://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec9611/index.htm