Global Health Module for the masters of Science in Public Health students at Amoud University in Borama Somaliland.

1. Global Health course
Online module
Dr Jibril I.M Handuleh, MD, MPH , Course lead- Amoud University, Borama, Somaliland
Dr Sanya Virani, MD, MPH - Yale Medical School, New Haven, USA
Dr Victor Pereira-Sanchez, MD - New York University, New York, USA
Dr Becky Stout, MBChB MSc (Med Ed) DTM&H - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Dr Nick Bass, MD - Director of Global Health, East London NHS Trust Foundation, London, UK

2. Global health for public health students in
Somaliland
●Global Health module is intended to introduce global health for Masters’ in Public
Health (MPH) students in Somaliland.
● The course is an introduction to the field of global health.
● It particularly focuses on mental health in low and middle income countries, from a
global health perspective.
● The ONLINE course will be delivered through:
○ Lectures/group discussions, essays
○ Mid term exam
○ Final exam

3. Course objective
●This course provides an introduction to global health.
●The course will include public health aspects of common themes of
global health importance.
●Students will be exposed to the epidemiological, public health
interventions and preventive measures of global health in the SDG
agenda.
●The course will show public health scenarios demonstrating global
health programming for students.
●It will introduce the growing importance of global health and
international public health programmes and practices.

4. Learning outcomes
After successfully completing this course, students should be able to:
1. Describe key global health conditions.
2. Explain the concept of the global burden of diseases .
3. Demonstrate a working knowledge of preventive and promotive factors for international health.
4. Explain the history and impact of global health.
5. Demonstrate skills in contemporary global health programming in low-and-middle-income-
countries.
6. Show understanding of the global health impact of disasters.
7. Indicate public health streaming in complex humanitarian settings.
8. State the mental health implications of areas of public health importance in Somaliland including
women of childbearing age, children, adolescents, gender-based violence and post-conflict
challenges.

5. Syllabus: course content (and lead instructors)
Chapter 1: Global Health and public health: Similarities, history and its development as a discipline (Dr Handuleh)
Chapter 2: Principles, measures and the health-development link (Dr Handuleh)
Chapter 3: Cross-cutting areas in global health and global burden of diseases (Dr Handuleh & Pereira-Sanchez)
Chapter 4: Collaboration in global health and instititutions working in global health (Dr Handuleh & Pereira-Sanchez)
Chapter 5: Health systems and building blocks of stronger health care systems (Dr. Virani)
Chapter 6: Global health aspects of infectious diseases/NTD, non-communicable diseases and injuries (Dr Stout/Handuleh)
Chapter 7: Social determinants of health (Dr. Virani)
Chapter 8: Public health policies, financing,priorities and laws (Dr Handuleh)
Chapter 9: Global health in complex humanitarian settings (Dr Handuleh)
Chapter 10: Global Mental Health (Dr. Bass)
Chapter 11: Global Health Education and promotion (Dr. Stout)
Chapter 12: Global Health issues: Child and adolescent health, reproductive health, nutrition and environment Climate change and
demography(urbanizaiton and population growth(Dr Handuleh)
Chapter 13: Technology, global collaboration and scientific innovations in global health (Drs. Handuleh & Pereira-Sanchez)
Chapter 14: Global Health Ethics and Equity (Drs. Pereira-Sanchez, Stout & Handuleh)
Chapter 15: Public health in Somaliland, regional health and global health in action (student-led chapter)

6. Evaluation methods- ALL ONLINE
● Group presentations
● Essay writing
● Short answer questions
● Multiple choice questions
● Group debate competition

7. Evaluation Marks- ALL ASSESSED ONLINE
●Final exam 40%
●Mid term exam 20%
●Assignment 10%
●Weekly assignments 30%
Total 100%

8. Course timeline
Weeks Date Topics/Chapters Mode of delivery Task done
Week 1 20/04/2021
27/4/2021
Global Health and public health and
their development as a discipline
Global health and public health:
similarities and differences
Global Health history and its
development as a discipline
Lecture/student
presentations
Lecture/ role play
Done
Week 2 04/05/2021 Principles, measures & health-
development link
Lecture/ role play
Lecture / role play
Done
Week 3 18/05/2021 Cross cutting themes in
Global health/Global Burden of
Disease Lecture/ role play
Week 4 25/05/2021 Collaborations in global health Lecture/role plays
Lecture/role plays

9. Weeks Date Topics/Chapters Mode of delivery Task done
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
01/06/2021
08/06/2021
15/06/2021
Health systems and
building blocks of stronger
health care systems
Global health aspects of
infectious diseases, non-
communicable diseases and
neglected tropical diseases
Health indicators and
Social determinants of
health
Lecture/ role plays
Lectures
Lectures
Within W7/W8
Week 8
22/06/2021
06/07/2021
Midterm exam
Public health policies,
priorities and laws
Closed book exam
Lecture/ role plays

10. Weeks Date Topics/Chapters Mode of delivery Task done
Week 9 13/07/2021 Global health in complex
humanitarian settings
Lectures/role
plays
Week 10 20/07/2021 Global mental health Lectures/ role
plays
Week 11 27/07/2021 Global Health Education and
promotion
Lecture/Role Play
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
28/07/2021
29/07/2021
30/07/2021
30/07/2021
07/08/2021
Institutions working in global
health
Technology, collaboration
and scientific innovations in
global health
Global Health Equity/Ethics
Student group essays on GH
Public health in Somaliland
Lectures/role
plays
Lectures/role
plays
Lectures/role
plays
Student
assignments
Lectures/role
plays

11. Ground rules
These behaviors will not be acceptable:
● THE WHOLE COURSE IS ONLINE
● Interrupting class by coming after instruction has started. PLEASE BE PUNCTUAL
● Speaking at inappropriate times, which includes having conversations with others in class, and engaging in loud or
distracting behaviors
● ALWAYS CHECK YOUR ONLINE TEACHING TIMES AND COME MINUTES BEFORE CLASS STARTS
● Taking frequent breaks FROM THE ONLINE PLATFORM
● Using cell phones or pagers in class online so others are disturbed is PROHIBITED
● Using their computers for purposes irrelevant to this class (e.g., communications, web browsing)
● Using inappropriate, including verbally abusive, language online and offline
● Please engage in the online course via the online platform, essays, questions via the teaching module
● Open your video all your time WHEN ONLINE

12. Final exam
●ONLINE EXAM WILL BE POSTED ON THE TEACHING WEBSITE
●ESSAYS AND EXAMS ARE ALL ONLINE
● NO PAPER BASED EXAM YOU ANSWER EXAM VIA THE ONLINE
PLATFORM

13. References
Detels, R. ed., 2015. Oxford textbook of global public health (Vol. 2). Oxford Textbook.
Birn, A.E., Pillay, Y. and Holtz, T.H., 2009. Textbook of international health: global
health in a dynamic world. OUP USA.
Merson, M.H., Black, R.E. and Mills, A.J., 2011. Global health: Diseases, programs,
systems, and policies. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Patel, V., Minas, H., Cohen, A. and Prince, M.J. eds., 2013. Global mental health:
principles and practice. Oxford University Press.
Skolnik, R., 2015. Global Health 101: Includes Bonus Chapter: Intersectoral
Approaches to Enabling Better Health. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Plus reference articles for each module of the course

14. End
Any questions?