This module will introduce the key concepts of global health and develop skills needed to study the subject. Global health will be considered in the context of...

This module will introduce the key concepts of global health and develop skills needed to study the subject. Global health will be considered in the context of humanitarianism and inequalities. We will ask what is global health? and what are the key global health issues? We will discuss what is One Health and how does studying health in a multidisciplinary and collaborative way across sectors, political boundaries and at different political levels provide an increased opportunity to promote positive change. 

This module will introduce the study of health systems, including governance, structure and financing. Students will learn to compare various national health systems, including from high income and low income countries in order to understand how these shape healthcare provision. It will include the study of different global health policy actors, the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) in shaping policy globally and for individual countries, and the role of other government and non-government organisations in health policy making. Other topics include global health trials and the different types of evidence used in global health. 

We will place health in the context of the sustainable development goals investigating the relationship between health and development. We shall further consider health responses to crises, investigating some recent examples of practice in disaster.  

Students will learn how to read academic and non-academic resources relating to global health and practice visualising and presenting systems and concepts for a multidisciplinary audience. 

This module aims to provide the student with a quantitative understanding of the science and engineering underlying catastrophe models. It will further discuss...

This module aims to provide the student with a quantitative understanding of the science and engineering underlying catastrophe models. It will further discuss catastrophe modelling in the context of risk transfer in industry and future possibilities for building resilience. An industry-focussed module, this module is taught by a range of guest lecturers from within industry and UCL lecturers who have industrial experience working within the Catastrophe Modelling industry.

In this module, the following topics will be covered:

An introduction to catastrophe modelling and how they can be used for building resilience.
	Probabilities and statistics - the role of uncertainties, probability, and Monte Carlo simulation in Catastrophe models
	Hazard modelling including examples of earthquake, wind and flood
	Exposure Modelling and its challenges
	Fragility and Vulnerability Modelling with a focus on earthquake, wind and storm surge modelling
	Financial losses
	Application of catastrophe risk models for pre and/or post-event loss modelling and real-time scenarios
	Appraising and selecting current models
	The challenges and issues in application of catastrophe models in developing countries.
Students will be required to undertake quantitative calculations and analysis developing and using basic code as part of the assessment.