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    • WEEK 9 - LECTURE: CONTEMPORARY ISSUE FOUR - HEALTH AND WAR: THE CASE OF SYRIA

      The session this week will focus on the topic of health and war.


      Aims of objectives

      After completing this week, you will be able to:  

      • Describe the direct and indirect mechanisms through which armed conflict influences health; 
      • Critically analyse the role that various actors within and outside the global health arena play in resolving and mitigating the effects of armed conflict;  
      • Apply this knowledge and understanding to the case of Syria 

       

      WEEK 9 TASKS

      For Sama

      Film - The main task for this session is to watch the incredible film For Sama - an award-winning film that documents the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her.

      WEEK 9 - WEBINAR

      Please watch the film and read the two required readings. Be prepared to discuss the following questions in class: (i) how does armed conflict impact health, (ii) how has the impact of armed conflict on health changed since the end of the second world war, and (iii) who is responsible for the health impacts of armed conflict?"


      READING 



      Jonathan Kennedy, David McCoy, Joseph Gafton. 

      The International Arms Trade and Global Health. Forthcoming in Global Health and Global Health Ethics. CUP. (I have put a pdf of this chapter in the readings folder for this week)

       


    • Week 9 CONTEMPORARY ISSUE FOUR - HEALTH AND WAR: THE CASE OF SYRIA - slides File
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      These slides accompany week 9 live lecture

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    • Readings for week 9 Folder