UBS
UBS Global Health, Security and Sustainability 800- 401
The Nossal Institute for Global Health is developing a new and exciting subject that explores the root causes of disease, poverty, injustice and inequity that exist in the world today. Titled “Global health, security and sustainability”, it will be offered to third year undergraduate students in 2010 as a University Breadth Subject.
Breadth subjects are selected from outside a student’s major area of study. The new breadth studies are a feature of Melbourne’s New Generation undergraduate degrees and aim to provide graduates with training in a particular discipline (depth) as well as knowledge and understanding across disciplines (breadth).
‘Global Health, Security and Sustainability’ will feature eminent speakers from a range of academic disciplines to provide students with diverse approaches to examining, understanding and addressing old and new threats to health, human security and sustainability. Students will be encouraged to draw on disciplines in law, arts, engineering, economics, biosciences and medicine to explore and understand the depth, complexity and multi dimensionality of current global health challenges.
Case studies will be used to introduce the concept of chains of causation, and provide an overview of the inequity and imbalances in health status, health service provision, and health research between and within countries. The field of view will range from the individual to the global context, including major threats to health, security and sustainability, particularly global warming and the risks of nuclear war. Various academic disciplines will provide alternative perspectives to better understand how health inequities and threats arise, what tools and mechanisms are available to address them, and what we have learned about what works in improving health.