International Health is a new discipline that systematically compares factors that affect the health of all human populations - with a special focus on poverty-related health problems in low- and middle-income countries. International Health includes the promotion of health, prevention and treatment of diseases, palliative care and rehabilitation. Knowledge of the major endemic diseases and studies of health systems, health economics, health policy and management of health services are central.

Studies comprise a number of public health-related disciplines including anthropology, biology, economics, environmental health, epidemiology and statistics, management studies, nutrition, population sciences and reproductive health, psychology, social sciences, travel and migrant health and tropical medicine with a focus on infectious diseases, parasitology, virology, bacteriology, mycology and laboratory practice.

Bachelor's or equivalent degree in an International Health-related field, e.g. medicine, public health, biology, educational sciences, psychology, sociology, anthropology, epidemiology, nutrition, health economics.
Proficiency in English (for non-native English speakers) is to be demonstrated by a TOEFL score of at least 550 points paper-based or 213 points computer-based, or an equivalent approved test. Please consult the Educational Programme Office for further information.

The goal of the course is: to offer an introduction to the international discussion on global climate change, observed and projected impacts on human health and possible public health responses; to raise awareness for the complexity and relevance of the topic; to foster advocacy in the students? home countries; and to provide tools for the identification of health impacts of climate change and the development of appropriate public health responses.
After completion of the course, participants will be able to:

• Describe projected climate change on a global and regional level and discuss concerns and relevance of these changes to health.
• Identify and assess possible health impacts and their attribution to climate change in the context of existing local burden of disease and health systems infrastructure.
• Critically appraise the principles of mitigation of and adaptation to climate change.
• Design public health strategies targeted to adaptation and evaluate opportunities and barriers of different such strategies.

Content: In April 2007 the IPCC published its 4th assessment report on the climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. In view of the current discussion of this topic, the module offers the climatological background for the understanding of global climate change, its mechanisms and regional changes. It provides an overview of the observed and projected impacts of global climate change in general and on human health in particular, with specific emphasis on low-and middle-income countries.
Methodologies for the assessment and attribution of health impacts of climate change are being demonstrated and practiced in groups. Case studies on climate change-related natural disasters and health impact assessment in low-and middle-income countries will illustrate the nature and range of observed impacts. On the basis of the presented concepts of vulnerability and adaptation, students will develop public health adaptation strategies for selected countries in most affected world regions (mainly Asia and Africa). Examples of projects and initiatives for adaptation will be given and linkages between climate change, health and other environmental changes will be discussed.

3 - 14 May 2010

Internet: http://www.charite.de/tropenmedizin/lehre9.htm

Aim: The aim of our courses is to provide knowledge and skills in applied clinical tropical medicine in hospitals in Brazil, Ethiopia, and India.
Content. Participation in outpatient clinics and ward-rounds in medical, paediatric,
ophthalmological, dermato-venerological and gynaecological departments; laboratory practice; tutorials, lectures, community project visits.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 8 - 19 February 2010
Manaus, Brasil: 2- 13 August 2010
Tema, Ghana: 13 - 24 September 2010
Kolkata, India: 15 - 26 November 2010

Dr. Ute Schwarz
Berlin Center of Travel and Tropical Medicine (BCRT)
Jägerstr. 67-69, 10117 Berlin
Tel: +49 (0)30 960 60 94-0
Fax: +49 (0)30 960 60 94-11
Email: schwarz@bctropen.de

Tour Operator:
Travel & Touristik GmbH, Lufthansa City Center
Friedrichstr. 185-190, 10117 Berlin
Tel: +49 (0)30 203 919–0
Fax: +49 (0)30 203 919–20
Email: travel-touristik@LCC-travel.de
Frau Grosser, Frau Papadopoulou
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http://www.clinical-tropical-medicine.com/CTM/ctm.jsp

District health management, health economics, epidemiology, needs assessment, programme planning, human resource management, monitoring and evaluation, project proposal writing. Special topics in disease control, mother and child health, family planning, essential drugs, parasitology, bacteriology, virology, immunology, hygiene, gynecology/obstetrics, dermatology, psychiatrics, refugee health. Differential diagnosis in tropical medicine and laboratory practice.

Objectives:
1. The student should be able to critically collect, analyse and appraise qualitative and quantitative data relevant for the improvement of health and health care in low and middle income societies.
2. The student should be able to identify and analyse interrelated determinants of health and major health problems of populations in a cross-disciplinary perspective in low- and middle income societies.
3. The student should be able to plan sustainable improvements of health systems and disease control and prevention programmes considering the diverse intercultural settings as well as social and ethical responsibilities.
4. The student should be able to clearly communicate and work professionally in a multi-disciplinary team.

Kurssekretariat, Frau Schillings
Tel: +49 (0)30 30 116 865
Fax: +49 (0)30 30 116 888
Email: gisela.schillings@charite.de
Internet: http://www.charite.de/tropenmedizin/lehre1a.htm

Basics in immunology, key bacterial and viral diseases, epidemiology of clinical trials, ethical issues, vaccine types, combined vaccines, WHO vaccination programmes e.g. polio eradication, MMR prevention, implementation of immunisation programmes, logistics, vaccine cold chain management, vaccine registration, vaccine production including visit of GSK production plant, adverse event monitoring and reporting, post-marketing surveillance, future vaccine developments.

At the end of the module, students will be able to understand and control the various effects of bias that might occur in assessing the relationship between disease occurrence and a risk factor. This includes the forms of confounding (inflation and masking) as well as effect modification. Students will be able to model this relationship in the light of several other factors. They will be able to assess the effect of several factors on a quantitative outcome (linear regression model) as well as on a binary outcome (logistic regression model) and on a count number (Poisson regression model). Students will understand the relationship of standardization methods (direct and indirect standardization) and confounder adjustment by means of regression analyses and will be able to select an appropriate regression model for epidemiological data. Students will be able to perform multiple regression analyses using the statistical programme package Stata.

The aim of this course is to acquire practical skills to be applied in situations of population groups being severely traumatised, particularly in cross-cultural contexts. Possible traumas range from person-to-person violence to post-war situations and post-disaster scenarios.
At the end of the module the participants will be able to:

• recognise the previous traumatisation and its effect on individuals and groups.
• describe and explain the psychological effects of traumatisation and the enduring mental health problems.
• describe the signs and symptoms of “post traumatic stress disorder” (PTSD) and be able to critically appraise this entity and its limitations, e.g. in a non-Western context.
• talk to individuals or groups of traumatised people and assist them in the early stages after the trauma.
• identify means of distributing this knowledge and these skills through training of trainers, particularly in cross-cultural settings.
• define “vicarious“ traumatisation and have skills to counteract it.
• compare the concept of “trauma and growth” with other newly developed concepts of post-trauma interventions.

At the end of the module the students will be able to:

• define and describe the basic concepts of economics – e.g. the market mechanism, market imperfections, behavioural assumptions, decision making, evaluation tools.
• formulate and discuss the principal concepts of health economics and related policies and apply relevant measurement tools.
• assess the role of poverty and health in economic development.
• describe the basic concepts and measures of econometric and empirical studies and be able to critically evaluate their results.
• apply and critically appraise cost-effectiveness analyses, cost-benefit analyses and cost-utility analysis.
• evaluate specific disease control interventions based on scientific epidemiologic evidence and economic considerations.

The course includes the following topics:

• Basic concepts of economics and health economics.
• Macro and micro-economics and their application to health systems.
• Differences in health systems analysis between developed and developing countries.
• Economic tools used to study and promote health interventions (case studies and practical exercises)
• Poverty, health and economics
• The role of health in economic development (group presentations)
• Review of quantitative methods and evaluation of the quality of empirical and scientific econometric studies (group presentations)
• The use of scientific evidence for formulating health interventions.
• Comparison of the use of economic and epidemiologic measurements for health policy decision-making (group work)

Der Kurs vermittelt - basierend auf den Empfehlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin und Internationale Gesundheit - aktuelle praxisorientierte Grundkenntnisse über Gesundheitsrisiken im Zusammenhang mit einer Reise speziell in tropische Länder, Maßnahmen zur Prävention, orientierende Aspekte zu Rückkehrererkrankungen, speziell aus tropischen Ländern und zur Flug- und Reisemedizin.

• Immunprophylaxe (Impfungen): Grundlagen
• Geomedizin: Klima, Gesundheitswesen, medizinische Versorgung vor
  Ort, spezielle Erregerspektren, impfpräventable Erkrankungen am
  Beispiel von • Tollwut, • Japan. Enzephalitis und • Meningokokken-Meningitis
• Extremtourismus am Beispiel der Höhen- und Bergmedizin
• Malaria
• Reisemedizinische Praxis u. allgemeine Hygiene
• Reisemedizinisch relevante Erkrankungen
• Gifttiere
• Tauchmedizin – Bedeutung für die Reisemedizin
• Ektoparasiten
• Risikoreisende
• Safari und Schlafkrankheit

Frau Jacqueline Reimann
Institut für Tropenmedizin
Spandauer Damm 130, Haus 10
14050 Berlin
Tel: +49 (0)30-30116-769
Fax: +49 (0)30-30116-710
Email: jacqueline.reimann@charite.de
Internet: http://www.charite.de/tropenmedizin/fortbildung2.htm

Voraussetzung für die Teilnahme am Auffrischkurs ist die vorherige Teilnahme am 4-tägigen Grundkurs "Reisemedizin". Der Refresherkurs dient der Aktualisierung und Vertiefung der im Grundkurs erworbenen Kenntnisse. Darüber hinaus bietet er den Teilnehmern Gelegenheit,
mit anderen Teilnehmern und den Referenten Probleme aus der Praxis zu diskutieren. Der Refresherkurs soll einmal alle drei Jahre absolviert werden. Er besteht aus neun Unterrichtsstunden.

• Aktuelle Weltseuchenlage
• Impfungen
• Malariavorbeugung
• Reisen im Alter
• Flugreisemedizin
• Logistik in der Reisemedizinischen Praxis

Frau Jacqueline Reimann
Institut für Tropenmedizin
Spandauer Damm 130, Haus 10
14050 Berlin
Tel: +49 (0)30-30116-769
Fax: +49 (0)30-30116-710
Email: jacqueline.reimann@charite.de
Internet: http://www.charite.de/tropenmedizin/fortbildung3.htm

Aktuelles aus dem Gebiet der Reise- und Impfmedizin:

• Malariaprophylaxe bei Reisenden in Deutschland
• Reisedurchfall - Prophylaxe durch Impfung?
• Die erste Schutzimpfung gegen Krebs.
  Was bringt die neue humane Papillomavirus (HPV) Vakzine?
• Neue Infektionskrankheiten
• Fallbeispiele aus der Reisemedizin-Praxis

Dr. Christian Schönfeld
Tel: +49 (0)30 30116 769
E-Mail: christian.schoenfeld@bbges.de
Internet: http://www.charite.de/tropenmedizin/fortbildung1.htm

Klinische und präventive Tropenmedizin, Gesundheitsversorgung und Gesundheitsmanagement in Entwicklungsländern als Vorbereitung für ein anschließendes 4-wöchiges Auslandsmodul in einer Gesundheitseinrichtung in einem Entwicklungsland, vorwiegend in Afrika.
Präsentation der Erfahrungen im Rahmen einer Veranstaltung.

Empfehlung zur Vorbereitung:
Teilnahme an der Ringvorlesung Medizin in Entwicklungsländern

Internet: http://www.charite.de/tropenmedizin/lehre3.htm