B6272 - Water: a source of life and a source of diseases, migrations and wars

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • 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)

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

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