Lecture Plan 2007

All the lectures of this elective module are consecutively held in the week 5.-9. March 2007. The teaching consists of about 40 contact hours. Students are requested to participate fully in this intensive teaching week, and to prepare the different topics in advance.

Place: Centre for Peace Studies, UiTø (in the mornings: Auditorium; in the afternoons: Seminar Room 6), but not for culture evening and Wednesday program

Preliminary Lecture Plan (updated: 2007-02-27)
This programme is under development. Please check the last version of the Lecture Plan right before course start on this website!

Monday 5 March
08.15-08.30	Opening of the teaching week	Knut Holtedahl, Univ of Tromsø
08.30-10.00	Introduction to Peace through Health : I. Peace studies in a nutshell Basic concepts of peace, conflict, violence and health. II. The concept of medical peace work The link between peace and health, historical perspectives. Preventive and curative approaches to violence. Multi Track Peace Work.	Klaus Melf, Univ of Tromsø
10.00-10.15	Break
10.15-12.00	Medical assets for peace and conflict work Peace-health interaction: values, opportunities and strategies. Infections and war. Conflicts and defence in biology.	Knut Holtedahl, Univ of Tromsø
12.00-13.00	Lunch
13.00-16.00	Non-violent communication for health professionals How to speak with honesty and listen empathically	Pascale Molho, France
16.00-16.30	Walk / transport to Stakkevollan
16.30-20.00 Place: Stakkevollan Primary School	Culture evening with Creole dinner	SIH & Edwin Luc Ceïde
Tuesday 6 March
08.15-10.00	Structural violence, human rights and health: Medical ethics at risk? How discrimination, stigmatization and marginalization harm people, and compromise the health sector.	Anna Luise Kirkengen, Univ of Tromsø
10.00-10.15	Break
10.15-12.00	Introduction to conflict transformation Tools for conflict analysis, resolution and transformation.	Ida Hydle, NOVA - Norwegian Social Research in Oslo
12.00-13.00	Lunch
13.00-16.00	Conflict transformation and mediation in the health sector Exercises and role play.	Ida Hydle
Wednesday 7 March
08.00-09.00 Place: UNN Auditorium, A5, room A2 531	Human Security and Complex Emergencies The role of public health in armed conflicts.	Pierre Perrin, University of Geneva, Switzerland
09.00-09.15	Break
09.15-10.15 Place: UNN Auditorium	Geneva Conventions and Human rights Their power and limitations in protecting wounded, prisoners and civilians.	Hanna Mollan, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oslo
10.15-10.30	Break
10.30-12.00 Place: UNN Auditorium	Preventing and mitigating armed conflicts Health professionals and their qualities in early warning, health diplomacy, and data-to-policy work	Pierre Perrin
12.00-13.00	Lunch
13.00-16.00 Place: UNN Seminar Room B5-421	Protection of civilians by humanitarian agencies: Case study Darfur Group work for elaborating strategies to protect civilians (especially refugees) and to contribute to de-escalation and political/structural/social peace building.	Hanna Mollan and Pierre Perrin
Thursday 8 March
08.15-10.00	Peace building through health initiatives Different mechanisms and impact assessment. Case Study: Faculty of Health Care Sciences in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka	Klaus Melf  & T.Varagunam, Eastern University, Sri Lanka
10.00-10.15	Break
10.15-12.00	Social and environmental determinants of ill-health Fighting poverty and environmental destruction through health initiatives	Jon Øvind Odland, Univ of Tromsø
12.00-13.00	Lunch
13.00-16.00	Access to medicines Film sequences of “Dying for Drugs”. Priorities in health research and pharmaceutical production. The challenge of drug patents and pricing in the global market. Making essential drugs of assured quality available everywhere.	Kirsten Myhr, Ullevål Univ Hospital, Oslo
Friday 9 March
08.15-10.00	Prevention: Disarmament and arms control Reducing the health impact of ABC-weapons, small arms, and landmines. Case study: IPPNW	Caecilie Buhmann, IPPNW, Denmark & Tordis S. Høifødt, NLA, Tromsø
10.00-10.15	Break
10.15-12.00	How aid can contribute to peace or war Impact assessment of resource transfers and ethical messages. The ‘Do no harm’ analysis approach.	Sam Engelstad, USA
12.00-13.00	Lunch
13.00-15.30	Do no harm - Casestudy Group work and plenary discussion.	Sam Engelstad
15.30-16.00	Closure of the teaching week and evaluation	Knut Holtedahl & Klaus Melf