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International Summer Course 2025
Waktu

Selasa, 15 Juli 2025 09:00

Kamis, 24 Juli 2025 17:00

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Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat USU

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Tropical regions are characterized by their unique ecological diversity, rich cultural traditions and distinctive health challenges. This summer course, offered by the Faculty of Public Health at the University of Sumatera Utara, delves into the multifaceted world of public health in tropical areas. It explores how local wisdom, indigeneous knowledge, and traditional practices play a vital role in addressing public health issues and how this regions navigate their distinctive environmental factors to ensure the well-being of their communities. This course will combine lectures, group discussions, case studies and field visits to local communities.

This program aims to:
1. To understand the uniques public health challenges intropical regions
2. To explore how local wisdom and traditional practices contribute to public health in this area
3. To understand community efforts to maintain health in the local cultural context
4. To observe the phenomenon of community behavior in health related to local community culture and habits

This course will combine lectures (online and offline), group discussion, case studies and field visits to local communities. Student will have the opportunity to interact with local experts and community members to gain a practical understanding of public health in tropical areas. These activities will be held at 15th-16th July 2025 (online course), 21st July 2025 (offline course) and 22nd-24th July 2025 (field visit). Program participant of the Summer Course Program is open to undergraduate and graduate students interested public health, environmental science, tropical studies, and related disciplines. The topic of this courses are Introduction to Tropical Public Health, Cultural and Traditional Practices in Tropical health, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health, Environmental Factors and Disease in Tropical Regions, Field Visits and Community Engagement.

Join us and let's share and inspire in International Summer Course 2025 "Local Wisdom in Supporting Community Health in Trophical Areas in North Sumatera Province of Indonesia". If you interested to join, please register at this link https://bit.ly/summercourseusu2025

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