Course: Health systems in Asia Module 1 NK part

Course: Health systems and health in developing Asia: India, China, and North Korea

Topic outline

• GENERAL INFORMATION

  Hi,

  On the Echo Platform of this course you find all five lecture videos on North Korea. 

  1. Public health and health systems in North Korea, Dr. John Grundy, Adjunct Research Fellow, James Cook University Australia
  2. The DPRK Medical Education System, Professor Dr Charlie Sands (retired), McWhorter School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, and Professor and Graduate Dean, Division of Medical Sciences, Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, Pyongyang, DPRK
  3. Health development in DPRK and the contribution of international assistance, Dr. Eigil Sorensen MD, MPH, M.Sc. (EPID), former WHO Representative to the DPRK
  4. HOPE B DPRK: Hepatitis Overview and Program to trEat, Dr. Alice Lee, Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, Associate Professor, University of Sydney, Macquarie University
  5. NGO Engagement: Strengthening North Korea's health sector, Heidi Linton, Executive Director of Christian Friends of Korea

  In case you encounter any technical difficulties in accessing the Moodle platform, you can directly contact sabine.burghart@utu.fi.

  • AnnouncementsForum
  • Video lectures on North KoreaExternal tool
  • Learning Diary Optional ModuleTurnitin Assignment
• MORE SOURCES

  Lim, B. et al. (2009). Attempts to Utilize and Integrate Traditional Medicine in North Korea. Journal Of Alternative And Complementary Medicine, 15(3), pp. 217-223. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19250000

  Traditional medicine (TRM) system in DPRK (no date),http://www.searo.who.int/entity/medicines/topics/traditional_medicines_monograph_from_dprk.pdf?ua=1

  WHO (2012) DPRK Drug Policy and Pharmaceuticals in Health Care Delivery. Mission Report.

  WHO (2017)  Democratic People’s Republic of Korea pharmaceutical profile.

  You might also be interested in the documentary "Out of Breath - Battling against the odds to cure TB in the North Korean countryside" by Hein S. Seok (2018). https://www.journeyman.tv/film/7289/out-of-breath

  "In rural North Korea, a film crew follows a small group of international volunteers fighting the spread of Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Working with North Korean medics, the volunteers venture deep into the world's most secretive nation, overcoming cultural and political hurdles to save lives."

  • Lim 2009File
  • WHO 2012File
  • WHO 2017File
• TOPIC 2

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