Health in Detention
12.12.2016 - 16.12.2016
Advanced Studies of the University of Basel
Steinengraben 22, 4052 Basel, Switzerland
- Global challenges in places of detention
- Legal framework for ICRC detention activities
- Health and well-being of detainee populations (with a particular focus on women, youth and the elderly)
- Health systems and management structures in places of detention
- Communicable and non-communicable disease control
- Nutrition, water and santitation
- Medical ethics / medical confidentiality and dual loyality for health care providers
- Managing hunger strikes
- Health impact of solidarity and discipline
- Define the main legal instruments, professional codes, and declarations designed to protect the rights of prisoners, detainees, and health professionals.
- Appraise the most important health problems in detention.
- Analyse health and human rights
- Health professionals (medical doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists)
- Health managers and planners, social scientists, health system researchers, educators
- Members of international organisations,working or dealing with police stations,detention etc
-At least two years of professional experience
-English requirements: TOEFL paper 550 / computer 213 / internet 79-80 or IELTS 6.0 or native speaker or higher education in English
-the number of participants is limited to 24
Sarah Hostettler, E-Mail: courses-tph@unibas.ch
With application form form our official brochure. Please return the complete form with all required documents until 30 November 2016.
For the course brochure including application form please visit: http://www.swisstph.ch/teaching/professional-postgraduate/health-in-detention.html
Certificate of attendance, Master, Certificate of completion
Full Time
7 Days
English
1.5 ECTS - Points
CHF 1.100,00
For students registered as a tropEd Master student at a tropEd home institution, the course fee is CHF 900.00.
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