Health and Disaster Security

Singapore University of Social Sciences

Health and Disaster Security (SEC233)

Applications Open: 01 May 2023

Applications Close: 15 June 2023

Next Available Intake: July 2023

Course Types: Modular Undergraduate Course

Language: English

Duration: 6 months

Fees: $1378 View More Details on Fees

Area of Interest: Others

Schemes: Alumni Continuing Education (ACE)

Funding: To be confirmed

School/Department: School of Business

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Synopsis

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.

Level: 2
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: Every July

Topics

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

Learning Outcome

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