Challenges in Global Health: Non-Communicable Diseases

The topics discussed range from burden of and risk factors for non-communicable diseases to the effects of early life environment, globalisation, climate and environmental change on health, the intersection of communicable and non-communicable diseases and effective approaches for non-communicable disease prevention and management.

Which health challenges do low-, middle- and high-income countries face? What is the importance of non-communicable diseases globally, and what are the underlying causes and risk factors for non-communicable diseases? What is the intersection between communicable and non-communicable diseases? How are non-communicable diseases prevented and managed in different health systems? Which policy initiatives for effective prevention and control of non-communicable disease are being implemented? What are the consequences of global health threats or challenges such as globalisation, migration, climate or environmental change?

These are some of the topics that our international and interdisciplinary faculty will address in this one-week interactive global health summer school course with a particular focus on non-communicable diseases.

This course is organised by the UMC Utrecht (www.globalhealth.eu).