Lecture plan

Monday 21 Feb	Title and content	Lecturer
09.15-09.30 at Aud. 2, pharmacology building, UiTø	Course opening	Solveig Wiesener (Centre for Int. Health - SIH) and Knut A. Holtedahl (Institute for Community Medicine -ISM, UiTø)
09.30-11.45 at Aud 2, pharmacology building, UiTø	Introduction to Peace, health and medical work Basic concepts of peace, conflict, violence and health. The link between peace and health, historical perspectives. Preventive and curative approaches to violence. Multi Track Peace Work. Case-study: Violence prevention (WHO) and Peace through Health (McMaster)	Klaus Melf (SIH, UiTø)
12.30-15.00 at lecture room U 06 at the Centre for Peace Studies, UiTø	Introduction to culture sensitivity, inter-cultural communication and dialogue Tools for peace and health work abroad and in Norway. Intercultural communication, dialogue, respect for other cultures and knowledge traditions. Group work, exercises, role play.	Marit Elverland (Tromsø), Nina Foss (Fac. of Social Sciences, UiTø), Rachel Issa Djesa (Tromsø)
17.00-20.00 at Ardna – the Sami Culture Unit, UiTø	International Culture Evening Creole food from Haiti, music from abroad, story telling	with Luc Edwin Ceïde and others
Tuesday 22 Feb
09.15-11.45 at Aud 2, pharmacology building, UiTø	The globe as patient: Can health care make a difference?   Health status of the globe and strategies for improvement. New trends in international aid. Mechanisms of poverty, health and peace.	Toralf Hasvold (ISM, UiTø/UNN)
12.30-13.15 at Aud 2, pharmacology building, UiTø	Film "Dying for Drugs"
13.15-15.45 at Aud. 2, pharmacology building, UiTø	Access to medicines Priorities in health research and pharmaceutical production. Availability, quality and pricing of essential drugs.	Lars Småbrekke (UNN), Kirsten Myhr (Ullevål University Hospital)
Wednesd. 23 Feb
09.15-11.45 at Aud. 2, pharmacology building, UiTø	Prevention: Disarmament and arms control The direct health effects of war and weapons. Reduction of risk factors through disarmament and weapons control. Dialogue with the decision makers. Case study: IPPNW	Tordis Høifødt (Norske Leger mot Atomvåpen - NLA) and Gunnar Westberg (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - IPPNW), Hilde  Karen Ofte and Kristin Alice Jakobsen (UiTø)
12.30-15.00 at Aud. 2, pharmacology building, UiTø	Protection: Infectious diseases Infectious diseases in times of war and poverty. Biological lessons of prevention and defence. Case study: Wars of history, the human body, and some important diseases.	Knut Holtedahl (ISM, UiTø)
Thursday 24 Feb
09.15-11.45 at Tabletten, pharmacology building, UiTø	Human rights and medical ethics in international work The Geneva Conventions and the task of monitoring and documentation. Health professionals as perpetrators of and witnesses to Human Rights violation and torture. ICRC and the prevention of violence and medical war crimes. The role of Medical Associations in violence prevention and sustainable peace building. Case study: Balkan project of Norwegian Medical Association.	Preben Marcussen (Norwegian Red Cross), Bjørn Oscar Hoftvedt (Norwegian Medical Association - DNLF)
12.30-15.00 at Tabletten, pharmacology building, UiTø	Health professionals in peace work Ceasefire for vaccination, health as super-ordinate goal. Medical diplomacy. The Health as a Bridge to Peace concept (WHO). Peace through Health - mechanisms and teaching experiences (McMaster).	Neil Arya (McMaster University)
20.00-22.00 at Teaterloftet, Kulturhuset, Tromsø	Panel debate: Dilemmas in International Work How aid can support peace – or violence. The responsibility to prevent, protect and heal. Conflicting agendas and donor dependency. Integrating health and peace in conflict zones.	Neil Arya (McMaster University), Mads Gilbert (UiTø/UNN), Paula Gutlove (Institute for Resource and Security Studies - IRSS), Bjørn Oscar Hoftvedt (DNLF), Moderation: Klaus Melf (SIH, UiTø)
Friday 25 Feb
09.15-11.45 at Tabletten, pharmacology building, UiTø	Physical, mental and social rehabilitation Theories and tools for reconciliation, social justice and healing of a war torn society. The role of the healer in the post-conflict context. Case study and group workshop: Post-conflict social reconstruction in former Yugoslavia.	Mads Gilbert (UiTø/UNN), Paula Gutlove (IRSS)
12.30-15.00 at lecture room U 06 at the Centre for Peace Studies, UiTø	Trauma healing in a psychosocial context Experiential interactive exercise	Paula Gutlove (IRSS)
15.00-15.30 at lecture room U 06 at the Centre for Peace Studies, UiTø	Course closure and evaluation	Knut Holtedahl (ISM, UiTø), Klaus Melf (SIH, UiTø)