[TimorLesteStudies] 3rd Intensive Course on Health, Development and Human Rights

[Jenny]

>From: Sarina Kilham <sarina at riseup.net>
>
>http://www.ihhr.unsw.edu.au/education/courses.html
>
>3rd Intensive Course on Health, Development and Human Rights (PHCM 9663/4)
>/7-11 December 2009/
>
>The 3rd UNSW flagship intensive Course on Health, Development and 
>Human Rights is scheduled to be held from *7 - 11 December 2009* at 
>the Campus of the University of New South Wales. All participants 
>must submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) form prior to 
>registration. Click here 
><http://www.ihhr.unsw.edu.au/education/courses/2009eoiform.html> for 
>more information.
>
>In the new millennium, public health and human development policies 
>and programs are evolving in a context of mixed opportunities and 
>challenges. These are associated with persisting and emerging 
>issues, including: HIV/AIDS, economic globalisation, conflicts and 
>natural disasters, widening health disparities among populations, 
>Indigenous health gaps, ageing, emerging epidemics, climate change 
>and the widespread movements of people through labour and forced 
>migration. In this fast-changing environment, health inequalities 
>are becoming more apparent. To respond to these challenges, policies 
>and programs need to cut across the traditional barriers isolating 
>one issue from the others. This course will be oriented towards 
>finding practical applications to these complex global challenges 
>through a health, development and human rights analysis. Included 
>within this analysis will be the present status of international 
>human rights law as it applies to public health practice in relation 
>to developing countries. As the interactions between health, 
>development and human rights are becoming increasingly clear, there 
>is growing recognition that their reciprocal relationships can help 
>shape health and development policies, strategies and programs for 
>the future. This evolution calls for reinforced education, training 
>and research efforts.
>
>The course seeks to engage students, scholars, human rights 
>practitioners, health professionals, advocates, development 
>professionals and members of civil society in a dialogue about the 
>reciprocal interaction between health, human development and human 
>rights, as well as present practical tools stakeholders can use to 
>incorporate a health, development and human rights framework into their work.
>