During this global health program you will learn from professionals in the field about current approaches to promoting health, preventing disease, and helping communities in need around the world.
Explore health issues locally and globally and think critically about how to solve them using community resources and technology. Work to solve global health challenges by turning everyday materials into life-saving innovative devices. Then, put your skills to the test in a disease outbreak simulation where you will work against the clock to discover the cause of a rapidly spreading epidemic and stop it in its tracks.
In the first week, students will work to solve global health challenges by turning everyday materials into innovative solutions to combat disease, malnutrition, outbreaks, or other public health challenges.
In the second week, students put their skills to the test in a Global Health competition where they work in teams to come up with a realistic proposal for a simulated challenge. By using an experiential learning approach, students will quickly engage in the topic, and the instructor introduces the underlying theory and concepts as students tackle these issues while trying to improve health for all people around the world.
Highlights
- Investigate and solve global health challenges through hands-on projects including outbreak investigations
- Explore how global challenges such as poverty, gender, and climate change affect health worldwide
- Recognize historical and current major disease outbreak patterns and identify strategies for the prevention and control of disease
- Learn from experts in the field to explore the variety of academic and career options within global health
The YOLA Promise
YOLA will tie in with the best-in-class youth travel and education providers that follow rigorous safety and health standards.
YOLA will promote only those travel and education programs that are committed to the highest environmental, fair trade and human rights standards.
YOLA will create ethical experiences designed to have maximum, long-term impact on the communities we partner with.
YOLA and its partners are committed to travel to locations where tourists rarely go, buy goods from locally-owned businesses, and respect local cultures and customs. Our programs provide direct support for education, infrastructure development, conservation, and other community projects.
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