Peace, health and medical work - Spring 2005

'Peace, health and medical work' is a new elective module offered by the Centre for International Health in cooperation with the Institute of Community Medicine and the Centre for Peace Studies to students who are interested in health-related international work. As the world's first of its kind, this Master-level module will focus on the peace building capacities of health professionals in violent conflicts and post-war settings. It will also provide theoretical and analytical tools for comprehending the basic mechanisms of global medical peace work. The module lectures will be held consecutively during the week 21-25 February 2005.

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The module was designed by a peace-health working group at UiTø/UNN, consisting of Nina Emaus, Knut Holtedahl, Tordis Høifødt, Klaus Melf, Jochen Peters, Kristin Scharffscher, Lars Småbrekke and Solveig Wiesener.