Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response: A Global Perspective

(3 Credits)

This course examines global approaches to public health emergency preparedness, response, and recovery by visiting an international site exposed to or vulnerable to significant catastrophic events. There is a particular emphasis on governmental and non-governmental response, recovery, and policy systems; critical decision-making inflection points; and issues associated with risk communication, coordination of public health and medical resources, and the public’s trust in political and scientific authority. The course will also review broad principles of surveillance, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery from various hazards, and cover both US and international emergency management and public health frameworks.