SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
PROGRAM FOR GLOBAL
HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals:
Progress and Future
Course type Elective module
Volume
5 ECTS credits
Objectives
To familiarize the students with the UN Millennium Development
Goals, their role in global social development, and MDG-related
research carried out at the University of Tampere.
To update the students’ knowledge on Global Development
To increase the students’ ability to popularize science and to
communicate messages about global social development
Content
Background, rationale, and the political process that led to the
Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs)
The contents of each MDG
Current progress in achieving the goals
Introduction to research projects related to the MDGs
Overview of global development targets after the MDG period
Modes of
Study
Lectures 10 h
Expert commentaries 10 h
Panel discussions and interview sessions 10 h
Group work 45 h
Individual study 60 h
Total student investment time (SIT) 135 h
This course will be organized around 10 learning sessions, held at
weekly intervals. During the first of these sessions, there will be a
general lecture on the MDGs, followed by a more specific lecture on
the rationale, contents and progress in MDG 1. The students will then
be split into groups of 8-10, each group containing students from
several different educational programs. In the subsequent sessions,
there will first be expert commentaries on how development towards
the indicated MDG has been promoted to practical actions and research
projects, followed by a general discussion where the students can
interview the visiting development experts. Each session closes with an
introductory lecture on the next MDG. The course will finish with a
panel discussion on the role of the University of Tampere in global
social development.
Between the formal sessions, the students discuss the development
goals in a virtual network, prepare questions for the visiting experts and
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communicate their core findings in a blog that will be published at the
Unversity of Tampere webpage. Teachers from the Program for Global
Health and Development and the School of Communication, Media and
Theatre will mentor the students in the between-session activities.
Students
All Bachelor, Master and doctoral level students from all schools at
UTA. TAMK students may also attend the 10 sessions, but their credits
will be awarded by TAMK.
Evaluation
Lecture attendance (min 80%), preparation of questions for discussion
with the researchers and external experts/, participation in electronic
group discussions. The course will be graded pass/fail.
Course
Material
Course literature will be informed later.
Responsible School of Medicine, Program for Global Health and Development
organization
Person in
Charge
Professor Per Ashorn, [email protected], +358 40 7280 354
Language
English
Time
Autumn 2014, Period I - II, October to December
Enrolment
Registration 13.10. 2014 at
https://www10.uta.fi/opas/opetusohjelma/marjapuuro.htm?id=28394
For non-UTA students, registration will be at
https://elomake3.uta.fi/lomakkeet/12881/lomake.html
Number
of students
Maximum 650 students that the main auditorium can host. The course
will not be organized if less than 30 students register for it.
Course
feedback
To be collected electronically through E-lomake
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Detailed program
Venue: Main building (Kalenvantie 4), Main Auditorium (Juhlasali);expect
06.11.2014 at 15.15 – 18.00, venue: Main building (Kalenvantie 4), lecture hall A1
Preparatory lecture session, 14.10.2014 at 15.15 – 16.00 at lecture hall D10a
- Introduction to interview techniques, science popularization and blog
writing (Journalist, Researcher, Elina Noppari, UTA)
- This session will be targeted for all UTA students taking part in the
course. Additional sessions on the same topics will take place on
28.10 at 15.15 – 16.00 at Main Auditorium (Juhlasali)
- Additionally, there will be weekly mentoring (from Tuesday 21.10.
to 16.12. at 15.00-15.45 in Atalpa building seminar room 142).
These sessions are targeted those students who will be involved in
blog writing or expert interviews on the indicated week.
1. session, 16.10.2014 at 15.15 – 18.00 (break at 16.45 – 17.00)
General background to the course and the MDGs
- Opening of the course (Prof. Per Ashorn, UTA)
- The Millennium Declaration and Millennium Development Goals:
Background, rationale, and the political process that led to them
(Ms. Sirpa Pietikäinen, Member of European Parliament)
- MDG 1: Halving poverty and hunger (Prof. Jukka Pirttilä, UNUWIDER & University of Tampere, UTA)
- Introduction to the course structure and completion (Prof. Per
Ashorn, UTA)
2. session, 23.10.2014 at 15.15 – 17.45 (break at 16.45 – 17.00)
MDG 1: Halving poverty and hunger
- Practical example: How does a multinational corporation enhance
development: Case Nokia (Dr. Kai Öistämö, chairman of the board
at the University of Tampere)
- Research perspective: Structures of global poverty and ways to end it
(Adjuct Prof. Teppo Eskelinen, University of Eastern Finland)
- Interview session with the visiting experts (16.00 – 16.45)
- MDG 2: Basic education for all (Prof. Tuomas Takala, UTA)
3. session, 30.10.2014 at 15.15 – 17.45 (break at 16.45 – 17.00)
MDG 2: Basic education for all
- Practical example: E.g. How does schooling make a difference?
Reflections from poor countries. TBC
- Research perspective: LukiMat: How does a mobile game improve
global literacy levels? (Prof. Heikki Lyytinen, University of
Jyväskylä)
- Interview session with the visiting experts (16.00 – 16.45)
- MDG 3: Gender equity (University Lecturer, Elina Oinas, University
of Helsinki)
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4. session, 06.11.2014 at 15.15 – 17.45 (break at 16.45 – 17.00)
Note the venue: Main building (Kalenvantie 4), lecture hall A1
Note: Order of sessions is exceptional
-
MDG 6: Fight against HIV, malaria and tuberculosis (Professor
Anna Mia Ekström, Karolinska Institute) 15.15-16.00
MDG 3: Gender equity
- Practical example: How does Women’s Bank improve women’s
chances? (Reetta Meriläinen, Chair of Steering Group, Women’s
Bank) 16.00-16.25
- Research perspective: Global nursing care chains and gender
equality (Ms. Tiina Vaittinen, Researcher, UTA) 16.25-16.35
- Research perspective: Women’s schooling and gender equality (Mr.
Mikko Perkiö, University Instructor, UTA) 16.35-16.45
- Interview session with the visiting experts (17.00 – 17.45)
5. session, 13.11.2014 at 15.15 – 17.45 (break at 16.45 – 17.00)
MDG6: Fight against HIV, malaria and tuberculosis
- Practical example: How to tackle major epidemics effectively?
(Terhi Heinäsmäki, Specialized Physician, formerly served as Zone
Health Coordinator at the International Federation of Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies)
- Research perspective: How do epidemics link to world politics? (Dr.
Mika Aaltola, Programme Director, The Finnish Institute of
International Affairs)
- Interview session with the visiting experts (16.00 – 16.45)
- MDG 4: Reducing child mortality (Dr. Taneli Puumalainen, Chief
Physician, National Institute for Health and Welfare)
6. session, 20.11.2014 at 15.15 – 17.45 (break at 16.45 – 17.00)
MDG 4: Reducing child mortality
- Practical example: Nutrition and nutritional supplements in child
survival (Adjunct Prof. André Briend, UTA, former medical officer
at the World Health Organization)
- Research perspective: How have vaccinations reduced child
mortality? (Prof. Timo Vesikari, UTA)
- Interview session with the visiting experts (16.00 – 16.45)
- MDG 5: Reducing maternal mortality (Associate Professor, Ayesha
De Costa, Karolinska Institute)
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7. session, 27.11.2014 at 15.15 – 17.45 (break at 16.45 – 17.00)
MDG 5: Reducing maternal mortality
- Practical example: How to reduce maternal mortality in poor
countries? (Professor Emeritus Staffan Bergstrom, Karolinska
Institute)
- Research perspective: Men’s role in reducing maternal mortality (Dr.
Teija Kulmala, Chief Physician, National Institute for Health and
Welfare)
- Interview session with the visiting experts (16.00 – 16.45)
- MDG 7: Ensuring environmental sustainability (Dr. Lea Kauppi,
Director General, Finnish Environment Institute)
8. session, 04.12.2014 at 15.15 – 17.45 (break at 16.45 – 17.00)
MDG 7: Ensuring environmental sustainability
- Practical example: The major environmental threats and how to face
them in politics (Satu Hassi, former Member of European
Parliament, former Minister of Environment) 15.15-15.40
- Research perspective: How to ensure water for all? (Adjunct Prof.
Jarmo Hukka, Tampere University of Technology)15.40-15.50
- Research perspective: What does futures research provide for
environmental protection? (Adjunct Prof. Jari Kaivo-oja, University
of Turku) 15.50-16.00
- Interview session with the visiting experts (16.00 – 16.45)
- MDG 8: Global partnership (Prof. Liisa Laakso, Dean of the Faculty
of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki)
9. session, 11.12.2014 at 15.15 – 17.45 (break at 16.45 – 17.00)
MDG 8: Global partnership
- Practical example: How to build programmes that change the world?
(Executive Director Antti Pentikäinen, Finnish Church Aid)
- Research perspective: A priority list: How can science partnerships
make powerful impact on global development? (Prof. Howy Jacobs,
UTA)
- Interview session with the visiting experts (16.00 – 16.45)
- Lessons learned and the next steps – what was achieved through the
MDGs, what was not and what are the SDGs (Open)
10. session, 18.12.2014 at 15.15 – 18.00 (break at 16.00 – 16.15)
MDGs and the University of Tampere – what is the link?
- Panel discussion on the role of the University of Tampere in global
social development with brief introductions from the panelists
o Varpu Jutila, Secretary for International Affairs, Student
Union of University of Tampere)
o Prof. Risto Kunelius, Dean of the School of Social Sciences
and Humanities at UTA
o Dr. Kai Öistämö, chairman of the board at UTA
o 1-2 participants from the course
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