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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
A challenge in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights is how to integrate it with work on HIV/AIDS. As sexual transmission is the leading mode of HIV transmission, this begs the question of how these two fields interact.
Another challenge is whether the current strong funding efforts into HIV/AIDS can be expected to also strengthen health systems to help reach MDG 5, i.e. maternal mortality reduction. This course will provide students with an overview of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights issues with special emphasis on integration with HIV services and interaction between the two fields.
Institution:
Copenhagen School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen.
The course takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Course coordinators: Jeffrey Lazarus and Maiken Mansfeld
External lecturer: Siri Tellier
Duration of course: 2 weeks
ECTS credits: 2.5
Language: English
Course content:
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What is sexual and reproductive health and rights?
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Population growth, demographic change and development
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Group work on the relevance and progress of the Millennium Development Goals in different parts of the world
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How are regions of the world different from each other with regards to Sexual and reproductive health (e.g. policies, abortion rates, maternal mortality, youth-friendly health services, HIV positive people wishing to have a child) and how does this impact on HIV/AIDS?
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Power relations in sexual and reproductive health (individual, society and international level)
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Integrating sexual and reproductive health and HIV prevention and care
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Values and ethical dilemmas in relation to sexual and reproductive health
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues
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Sex work and trafficking
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Challenges of PMTCT programmes
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Male circumcision as HIV prevention?
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The sexological aspects of HIV/AIDS
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Monitoring and evaluation of sexual and reproductive health services
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Economic considerations of integration
Teaching methodologies of the course:
45-minute lectures
Group work and discussions
Panel debates /Oxford Style debates
Exercises and cases
Oral presentations
Field trips
Students completing this module will be able to:
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Understand the elements of sexual and reproductive health and rights, strategies to improve them, and how these strategies can be linked to HIV/AIDS at the local and international levels;
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Reflect on the potential synergies between maternal/newborn health, family planning and adolescent reproductive health programmes on the one hand, and HIV/AIDS programmes on the other;
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Describe interventions to address gender identities and sexual minorities and how these can differ from those targeting the general population;
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Know how interventions against gender inequities and gender-based violence can address both sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS;
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Know ways to meet the sexual and reproductive health care needs of people living with HIV.
Conditions for obtaining course certificate
The student must attend and participate actively in classes, group work and exercises in order to obtain a course certificate.
Grading: Pass/Fail
Tuition Fee:
Reduced fee (students from the European Community, and the European Economic Community)
DKK 7800 / EUR 1063
Standard fee (all other students)
DKK 9350 / EUR 1271
Fees in Euro include a 16 EUR exchange fee.
All fees are subject to regulation.
