Health and Disaster Security (SEC233)

SEC233 Health and Disaster Security outlines and examines two kinds of dangers that may occur in the future and have a tremendous impact on global security apparatuses: natural disasters and communicable diseases. These dangers dovetail into serious global health phenomena with wide ranging social, economic and political implications for world populations.

• A Brief History of Public Health and Natural Disaster Relief
• (a) Social Awareness of Health Security and Disaster Security; (b) 10 Types of Natural Disasters
• Public Health Strategies and Disaster Relief Strategies
• Health Security, the WHO, and Natural Disaster Relief as Public Goods in Public Policy
• Natural Disaster Cases and Acts of God
• Communicable and non-communicable diseases and the four main types of diseases
• International organizations, health security and disaster relief
• The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations
• Moral obligation, social media: health security and disaster relief
• Case Studies of Disaster Relief in Southeast Asia
• Case Studies of Health Security in Southeast Asia
• Small State Security in Brunei, Singapore, and Malaysia: Energy and Food for Life

• Describe the strategies used in public hygiene awareness and controls
• Interpret the concepts and costs of natural disasters and natural disaster preparedness
• Explain the four main types of diseases and differentiate between the 10 worse types of natural disasters
• Explain the Importance of WHO in Disease Control with a specific focus on epidemics and pandemics in Asia and the Pacific
• Infer the meaning of natural disaster relief by NGOs, IOs, and states
• Understand how Small States like Brunei, Singapore and Malaysia can Ensure Sufficient Energy and Food