GENERAL INFORMATION
  • Name of course :
    MALNUTRITION AND FOOD SAFETY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF GLOBAL HEALTH
  • Qualification awarded:
    Curs Superior Universitari (Degree Universitat Barcelona)
  • Number of credits:
    3,00
  • Centre responsible :
    Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Length of course (in academic years):
    1
  • Mode of delivery (face-to-face/ blended/ distance):
    Blended
MANAGEMENT:

  • Casamitjana Badia, Núria

RECOMMENDED APPLICANT PROFILES AND ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Students and professionals with experience, training or a general interest in the main challenges of nutrition and food safety, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries.

ADMISSION FOR APPLICANTS NOT HOLDING A DEGREE QUALIFICATION:

The course is also open to students with no prior university education, who will acquire the same knowledge and skills and receive a specific qualification for their learner group. Information on the access requirements and other conditions can be obtained from the course directors.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

- Learn the main problems of nutrition that affect health, survival and the development capacity of developing countries.
- Adopt an approach at family, community, national and international level to improve nutritional state and explore to what extent malnutrition can be prevented or reduced before economic development is achieved through public and private interventions aimed at the causes of malnutrition.
- Learn current health security challenges.

FURTHER INFORMATION OF INTEREST
  • Enrolment fee:
    • 525,00 €
    • An increase of 10% is applied to the price, up to a maximum of € 70, as administration fee
  • In-company placement(s):
    No
  • Date on which pre-enrolment begins:
    8/1/2020
  • Date on which pre-enrolment ends:
    3/11/2021
  • Classes begin:
    3/15/2021
FACULTY OR SCHOOL WHERE THE COURSE IS TAUGHT
  • Name of individual or institution:
    Facultat de Medicina UB
  • Address:
    C/ Casanova 143 Campus Casanova
    08036 Barcelona
    Espanya
  • Email address:
    formacion@isglobal.org
  • Webpage:
    http://www.isglobal.org
  • Telephone:
    +34 932 271 806
  • Fax:
    +34 932 271 821
  • Observations:
    Monday to Friday, from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. (office hours).
FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES
  • Name of individual or institution:
    Dra. Núria Casamitjana
  • Address:
    C/ Rosselló 132, 7a Campus Casanova
    08036 Barcelona
    Espanya
  • Email address:
    formacion@isglobal.org
  • Webpage:
    http://www.isglobal.org
  • Telephone:
    +34 932 271 814
  • Fax:
    +34 932 271 821
  • Observations:
    Monday to Friday, from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. (office hours).