The course focuses on current health problems and diseases affecting both pregnant women and children worldwide. The impact of various common health problems at different stages of the life cycle and their functional outcomes in terms of morbidity, mortality, psychological wellbeing,reproduction and growth will be highlighted. Students will become acquainted with the epidemiology of maternal and childhood diseases in developed and developing countries.Programs and resources available to combat health and nutritional problems will be evaluated.The role of different international organizations will be discussed in the context of socioeconomic development and current political/economic policies and realities.
Public Health and Preventive Medicine
公共卫生专业是按照“预防为主”的卫生工作方针，从群体的角度探索与人类疾病和健康相关问题（如社会、心理、环境等因素与疾病和健康的关系）、预防疾病的发生、控制疾病的发展及促进健康的一门科学。它与管理学、经济学、法学等多门学科的关系十分密切。就像2003年非典肆虐的时候，疾病预防控制中心的工作人员所从事的工作就属于公共卫生的范畴，包括调配医疗资源、控制疾病扩散、具体实施卫生厅的一些政策，都是公共卫生学的范畴。 我国大部分开设公共卫生学院的综合性大学以及医科大学在本科阶段的招生专业为预防医学，研究生阶段才开设公共卫生专业以及公卫下的其他子专业。
