Challenges in Global Health: Global Disease Mapping Techniques

Prof. Dr. Andrew Farlow – University of Oxford
Period May 7 to 10

Location: Fiocruz, Manguinhos – Campus Manguinhos – Auditório do Contêiner antigo (Pesquisa)

Public: students from the Fiocruz PPG Course
Space available: 30
Registrations: April 8 to 21

Students from the Fiocruz PPG Course
Click here for registrations.

SYLLABUS

Day 1

  • An overview of the changing state of the world’s health
  • Overview of the DALY methodology to measure burden of disease
  • Constraints on health system performance
  • Performance against Millennium Development Goals
  • Numerous disease case studies

Day 2

  • Major global challenges
  • antimicrobial resistance
  • disease eradication
  • global pandemics and emerging infectious diseases

Day 3

  • Research and Development (R&D) of new products
  • Some novel financing mechanisms
  • Future health technologies

Day 4:

  • Practices such as Case of studies

Overview for Experts in Challenges in Global Health: Global Disease Mapping Techniques

Prof. Dr. Andrew Farlow – University of Oxford
Period May 6 –
9am to 5pm
Location: Technological Drug Complex (Complexo Tecnológico de Medicamentos – CTM)

Public: Researchers, specialists and professionals from Farmanguinhos and Fiocruz
Space available: 40

Researchers, specialists and professionals from Farmanguinhos and Fiocruz
Registrations: April 8 to 21, by email expressing the motivation and the reason for your interest in the course. The confirmation of registration will be made until 04/29/19.

E-mail: ppgprofissional-gpdif@far.fiocruz.br.

SYLLABUS

  • Overview planet health
  • Cost effectiveness and case studies
  • Novel funding and business form
  • Valuing and using natural capital, economics, investments
  • Pharmacoeconomics
  • Case studies