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Edition
03: 27 August, 2010
Edition
04 : 02 April, 2011
01. E-course : Diploma in
Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev)
SECTION A : DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS.
Study value :
04 points out of 18.
Indicative
study time: 112 hours out of 504.
Study points
are awarded only after the consolidated exam for Section A : Development
Problems has been passed.
First block : Poverty and quality of life.
Study value :
02 points out of 18.
Indicative study
time: 57 hours out of 504.
Study points
are awarded only after the consolidated exam for Section A : Development
Problems has been passed.
First block : Poverty and quality of life. [57 hours]
First Block : Section 1.
Analysis of the causes of poverty. [26.50 hours]
First Block : Section 2. Services needed for a good quality of
life. [26.50 hours]
First Block : Exam. [ 4 hours each attempt]
First Block : Section 2. Services needed for a good quality of
life. [26.50 hours]
Part 1 :
Introduction to the services needed for a good quality of life. [06.50 hours]
01. The bases of a good
quality of life.
05. Typical drawing of a
well/borehole area.
09. Complete system for waste
recycling.
Part 1 :
Introduction to the services needed for a good quality of life. [06.50 hours]
08. Health and sanitation. (At least 30 minutes)
We now pass to the fourth service at the basis of a good quality of life
, after physical security, the supply of clean drinking water, and food
security.
Look at slide :
Health : the causes of disease
and their treatment.
Read
the analyses already made in your in sections
07. Financial leakage : health
and education and 10. The industry of poverty part of Section 1 of Block 1 The causes of poverty.
For
development purposes, a dividing line is drawn between the causes of diseases
and their treatment.
The fight against the causes of diseases is covered in integrated
development projects under the Model. Their treatment of diseases is covered
only indirectly. This does not mean that all programmes for the treatment of
diseases are «bad » ! However,
treatment of diseases may not coincide with the integrated development of the
most needy populations. Treatment programmes cover the supply, distribution and
application of medicines which are often controlled by multinational
pharmaceuticals corporations and make use of specialised expatriate personnel
at the service of NGOs from rich countries.
This personnel can be «voluntary », but is often paid according to
the standards of their country of origin. Medicines are usually imported from
industrialised donor countries, sometimes from subsidiaries of pharmaceuticals
multinationals in emerging economies such as
On the other hand, the real fight against the basic causes of diseases
is anything but «sexy ». It may not
call for foreign “aid” intervention at all. Read the list of factors on the
slide. Take, in turn :
Hygiene education.
Enough food, with a varied diet.
Enough clean drinking water.
Sanitation.
Waste recycling.
Drainage.
Insect (and pest) control.
Aeration of dwellings.
Comfort for aids patients.
For a good general
reference on an integrated approach to health issues in developing countries in
particular refer to Costello A. et al, Managing the health effects of
climate change, Lancet (The) Vol.
373, Issue 9676, pp. 1693-1733 with University College London (Institute for
Global Health Commission), London, 2009.
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1. Opinion
On one page, make two columns with
notes. In one column write down which actions can be done locally to combat the
most common diseases, in the other, which actions need external intervention..
On one page, write your conclusions.
◄ First block :
Poverty and quality of life.
◄ Index : Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip.Int.Dev)
