OPTIONAL MODULE 4 STARTS HERE: Health in North Korea
Students can earn an extra credit (1 ECTS) by submitting a 1,500 word essay for the optional module (Module IV).**All lecture videos of this module can be accessed via the Moodle e-learning platform of the University of Turku.Go to the UTU Moodle page https://moodle.utu.fi/course/view.php?id=15882.Log in via "External or Norssi account" in the right bottom corner (course key: NKhealth319).4.1 Health development in DPRK and the contribution of international assistance, Dr. Eigil Sorensen
Dr. Eigil Sorensen MD, MPH, M.Sc.(EPID) of the Faculty of Public Health of Thammasat University, Thailand. Dr. Sorensen served as the WHO's first Representative in the DPRK after the WHO's full country office was established in Pyongyang in 2001.Readings:- Democratic People‘s Republic of Korea. SOCIO-ECONOMIC, DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY 2014.Central Bureau of Statistics, Pyongyang, DPRK & United Nations Population Fund
- Situation analysis of children and women In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea– 2017. UNICEF, 2016.
- DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY 2017. UNICEF DPRK. June 2018.
- World health statistics 2018: monitoring health for the SDGs, sustainable development goals. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018.
- Towards Sustainable and Resilient Human Development. The strategic framework for cooperation between the United Nations and the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2017-2021.
4.2 HOPE B DPRK: Hepatitis Overview and Program to trEat, Dr. Alice Lee
Dr. Alice Lee, a Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, is Associate Professor at University of Sydney & Macquarie University. She is also senior staff specialist at Concord Repatriation General Hospital and Co-Founder and Director of Hepatitis B Free. Furthermore, she serves as Hepatitis Program Director with Christian Friends of Korea. In 2017, Dr. Lee received the Hepatitis NSW (HNSW) Cheryl Burman Award for her work on viral hepatitis in the Asia-Pacific Region. She has directed prevention and treatment programs, educated health workers and collaborated with researchers and health officials not only in North Korea but also, among others, in Myanmar and Japan.Readings:- Lee, Alice Unah; Heidi Linton, Marcia Kilsby and David C. Hilmers, “A Program to Treat Hepatitis B in North Korea: A Model of Antiviral Therapy in a Resource-Poor Setting, Gut and Liver, Vol. 12, No. 6, November 2018, pp. 615-622
NGO Engagement: Strengthening North Korea's health sector, Heidi Linton
Heidi Linton is Executive Director of the non-profit organisation Christian Friends of Korea (CFK, https://www.cfk.org/). CFK has been providing support to more than 30 care centers including the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory (NRL), 7 provincial tuberculosis (TB) and hepatitis hospitals, and nearly 18 TB and hepatitis rest homes located throughout the DPRK. More information about CFK's projects can be found in the article by Linton:
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Course:Health systems MODULE 4 Health in NK
Course: PGHES07 Health systems and health in developing Asia: India, China, and North Korea 2018 - 2019
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