- Docente: Davide Gori
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/42
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 5904)
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from Feb 11, 2025 to Feb 18, 2025
Learning outcomes
Students will learn that health is a precondition, an outcome and an indicator of sustainable development. The course will provide basic knowledge of the major health issues at the human/animal/environment interfaces and will be aimed at understanding the need for an integrated, cross-sectoral approach to achieving the SDGs of the 2030 Agenda.
Course contents
Water: a source of life and a source of diseases, migrations and wars. According to World Health Organization, providing access to safe water is one of the most effective instruments to promote health and reduce poverty. Water safety and quality are fundamental to human development and wellbeing. 1.Different perspectives on water resources and responsible use in industrialized and developing countries. 2.Sanitation systems and wastewater treatment. 3.Sources and pathway for exposure to waterborne disease. 4.The importance of water for human wellbeing
Readings/Bibliography
Additional readings will be suggested in class
Teaching methods
Lectures and additional readings
Assessment methods
Evaluation on a case study to assess students' critical sense, assessed as PASS or FAIL.
Teaching tools
PPT presentations, additional readings
Office hours
See the website of Davide Gori