UCL GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMME

Health in Future Cities

A UCL Global Citizenship Summer School on
Global Health

UCL GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMME

As a UCL student you will know that we are focused on solving some of the worlds most pressing problems,
through our four research Grand Challenges: Global Health, Sustainable Cities, Intercultural Interaction and
Human Wellbeing.

The Programme you are taking over the next two weeks focuses on one of these Grand Challenges. Working
in a team of students from across ten faculties, you will be tackling the same multi-disciplinary problems as
our world-leading researchers.

There are no easy answers to these problems, and they require working across disciplinary and cultural
boundaries to make any progress. Indeed, two weeks is a short time and you may find yourself no closer to a
solution at the end but you will find yourself better equipped to do so in the future, and you may even have
already met the team that will help you do it.

Our graduates have gone on to change the world; we want you to start now.

Welcome to the UCL Global Citizenship Programme.

Professor Anthony Smith
UCL Vice-Provost (Education)

Global Health

(Treated mosquito nets in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, 2011 Photo courtesy of the Gates Foundation)

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of
himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care
and necessary social services.
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

Why study Global Health?

In this pioneering two-week programme we will be studying the interdisciplinary field of global health, and
the relationship between people, their environment and wellbeing. What is included in a definition of global
health? As part of your course you will look at the topic from a wide variety of perspectives. Health is more
than the prevention and treatment of disease; it is necessary to understand the social determinants of health,
and to examine the barriers in fair access to health across the developing world.

What will you be doing?

Lectures and scenarios:
Health in Future Cities
Each day youll take in a lecture on a key element of global health. Topics include: conflict, climate change,
disasters, migration, maternal and child health, and technology. Each topic is adapted from cross cutting
research currently being done at UCL. Each of the lectures link to the final projects you will be working on and
fit within our custom designed scenarios.
As part of the Global Health scenarios you will be immersed into a futuristic world, one affected by climate
change, natural disasters, and mass population displacement. In small groups you will be assigned a country
case study and every day you will have to make urgent decisions that affect not only your own citizens, but
also those of other countries. The country groups are: Mexico, USA, Zambia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, India
and China. There are also two press groups that report on day-to-day activities. Each country will have a
detailed case study that outlines the particular issues it faces in the year 2045. Some countries deal with
infectious disease outbreaks; others conflict between groups of migrants. Every day youll receive an update
and you must then decide how you as a group will address this health challenge. Each country has its own
resources to work with and you must choose how to best allocate them.
Students will work closely with navigators who will guide them through the scenarios and in output
creation. The information you learn from the skills sessions, as well as the research you do yourself will then
be used for your final projects.

Skills

How to research and present information

Through skills building sessions taught by experts in a variety of fields you will learn the necessary skills to
design and create one of four poster outputs. These include feature a photography session with Antonio
Olmos (The Guardian), and journalists Rosie Bartlett and Kate Hoyland (BBC). Lorna Benton will lead you
through a data visualisation exercise and a political risk analyst will run a GIS mapping session. Additionally
youll engage in several facilitated workshops. Rosie and Kate will take you through a press conference set in
Pakistan around Polio vaccination. Layth Hanbali will work with you on Trade and Health and Rhea Saksena
and the navigators will discuss Food Systems and Health.

Project Work:
Group decision-making
Each day you will be given time to work in your country groups and make decisions regarding the scenarios to
help you put together your final poster projects. In order to succeed in the scenarios you must work as a
team to address the health challenges of your country. The students in the programme are from a wide range
of disciplines and countries of origin. Each of you will be able to bring your unique skills and experiences to
the programme and help your team achieve the best results possible while making new friends from across
UCL in the process.

Outputs:
Posters
You will produce one of four poster outputs in your groups. These will be created using the skills you receive
in the first week of the programme. Your group will decide which output to do your choices are: news
report, data visualisation, GIS mapping, and photography.
The information from the case studies will form the basis of your projects but you will be able to add to this
from the lectures and workshops and from your own experiences. These final projects will be displayed at the
closing event held on June 12th and will be viewed by everyone in the Global Citizenship Programme.

Presentations
The presentations are your chance to design your own output and to show off your creative talents. Each
group will be given time on the morning of June 12th to deliver a presentation on a topic within the field of
global health. The only requirement for these presentations is that they are creative and include all members
of your group. Your navigators will be there throughout the process to help.

Programme

Monday
1 June

Day

ACTIVITY

PARTICIPANTS

LOCATION

9.00 9.30
9.30 11.00

Registration
Welcome

Anthony Smith and

Tim Beasley-Murray

Logan Hall Institute of

Education (IOE)

11.45 12.45

Introduction
Welcome to Global Health

Shivani Singh

Lunch Break
Navigators (ALL)
Navigators (ALL)

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT

Shivani Singh Sharma

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT

Navigators (ALL)

12.45 1.30
1.30 2.30
2.30 4.30

Country Introductions
Country Group Meetings

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT

Tuesday
2 June
Monday
2 June 2014

10.00 11.00
11.00 12.30
12.30 1.30
1.30 2.30

2.30 4.30

Lecture:
(Migration: Health in informal
settlements)

Country Group Meeting

Skills Building Session*
(GIS MAPPING)
Country Group Meetings

Lunch Break
A. Sharma
Navigators (ALL)

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT

*Bring your laptops along with a QGIS installed!

(Informal settlements in East Mumbai, India, 2013 Photo courtesy of Shivani Singh)

Tuesday
3 June
Monday
2 June 2014
Tuesday
3 June 2014
Monday
2 June 2014

10.00 11.00

11.00 12.30
12.30 1.30
1.30 2.30

Audrey Prost

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT

Navigators (ALL)
Lunch Break
Antonio Olmos

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT

Navigators (ALL)

Ilan Kelman

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT

Country Group Meetings

Navigators (ALL)

Skills Building Session

(Journalism & Interviewing)
(Press conference)

Lunch Break
Kate Hoyland &
Rosie Bartlett

Lecture:

Edward Fottrell

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT

Navigators (ALL)
Lunch Break
Lorna Benton

Navigators (ALL)

Carlos Grijalva

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT

Navigators (ALL)

Country Group Meetings

Skills Building Session
(Photography)
Country Group Meetings

2.30 4.30

Lecture:
(How womens groups save lives:
improving maternal and newborn
health in low-resource settings)

Tuesday
4 June
Monday
2 June 2014

10.00 11.00
11.00 12.30
12.30 1.30
1.30 4.30

Tuesday
5 June
Monday
2 June 2014

10.00 11.00
11.00 12.30
12.30 1.30
1.30 2.30
2.30 4.30

Tuesday
8 June
Monday
2 June 2014

10.00 11.00

11.00-12.30
12.30 1.30
1.30 3.30
4.00 6.00

Lecture:
(Disaster, Vulnerability, and
Resilience)

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT

(mHealth in resource-
poor settings)

Country Group Meetings

Skills Building Session
(Data visualisation)
Country Group Meetings

Lecture:

(Nutrition in resource poor

settings)

Country Group Meetings

Lunch Break

Country Group Meetings

All Stream Joint Event

Navigators (ALL)
Navigators (ALL)

Archaeology G6 LT
Bedford Way LG04
Gordon Street (25)
E28 Harrie Massey LT
Roberts 421

Tuesday
9 June
Monday
2 June 2014

10.00 11.00
11.00 11.40
11.40 12.40
12.40 1.30
1.30 4.30

Tuesday
10 June
Monday
2 June 2014

10.00 11.00
11.00 12.30
12.30 1.30
1.30 2.30
2.30 4.30

Tuesday
11 June
Monday
2 June
2014

10.00 11.00
11.00 12.30
12.30 1.30
1.30 4.30

10.00 12.30
12 June
Monday
2 June 2014
Friday

12.30 1.30
1.30 3.00

17.00 20.00

Mike Rowson

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT

Coffee Break
Melissa Neuman

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT

Lunch Break
Navigators (ALL)

(Conflict, Humanitarianism and

Health)

Lecture:
(Epidemiological Transition)
Country Group Meetings

CFinal day to work on your projects! Navigators submit projects by 4 pm!

Lecture:

Lecture:

Anthony Costello

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT

Country Group Meetings

Navigators (ALL)
Lunch Break
Layth Hanbali

Navigators (ALL)

Rhea Saksena and

Navigators
Navigators (ALL)
Lunch Break
Navigators (ALL)

ALL

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT

Lunch
ALL

Anatomy G29 J Z Young LT

(Climate Change)

Workshop:
(Trade and Health)
Country Group Meetings

Workshop:
(Food Systems and Health)
Country Group Meetings
Country Group Meetings

Scenario Results &

Group Presentations
Scenario Results &
Group Presentations
Closing Reception

ALL Steams

N Cloisters, S Cloisters,
Haldane Room, Japanese
Garden marquee, Garden
Room

(Destroyed school, Pariaman, 2012 Photo courtesy of All Hands Volunteering)

Things to remember:
Bring your UCL ID with you everyday to get into buildings
You may need a laptop for group work (discuss with group members)
Room information may change
Keep an eye on the website for updates

Tweet to stay connected with other streams

(hint this is part of the simulation)

Poster printing requirements:

Dimensions max width 420mm by max height 594mm
All posters must be in A2 format
Posters must be in PDF format
Posters submitted by navigators by Tuesday 9th June, 4pm.
We will have the posters on display for the final closing day party

Contributors:

Organisers:
Shivani Singh Sharma is a Teaching Fellow at the Institute for Global Health on the intercalated BSc
programme and on the MSc in Global Health and Development. Her PhD research focused on regional and
religious differences amongst female migrants living in informal settlements in Mumbai and around
household decision-making. Her previous degrees are in politics and her MA looked at activist groups in India.
She is particularly interested in gender, migration, decision-making, and urban health.

Lecturers & Key Contributors:

Marion Birch Marion Birch is an Honorary Lecturer at the UCL Institute for Global Health and a public health
consultant with a background in humanitarian assistance and in advocacy and campaigning on health and
conflict issues. She worked in health sector programs in countries affected by conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
and Southeast Asia between 1985-2000. From 2005-2013 she was director of the global health charity
Medact. She is an examiner for the Diploma in the Medical Care of Catastrophes at the Society of
Apothecaries, on the editorial board of the journal Medicine, Conflict and Survival, and a past-President of the
Catastrophes and Conflict Forum at the Royal Society of Medicine.

Anthony Costello is a Professor of International Child Health and the Director of the UCL Institute for Global
Health. His areas of scientific expertise include the evaluation of community interventions to reduce maternal
and newborn mortality, neonatal paediatrics, womens groups, the cost-effectiveness of interventions,
nutritional supplementation and international aid for maternal and child health. He has also contributed to
papers on health economics, health systems, child development, nutrition and infectious disease, and
managing the health effects of climate change.

Mike Rowson is the Faculty Tutor for Population Health Sciences at UCL, and previously director of education
and Principal Teaching Fellow at UCL's Institute for Global Health. Before coming to UCL, he was Executive
Director of the UK-based global health charity Medact, which undertakes education and advocacy on the
health effects of conflict, poverty and environmental change. His key projects included the health and health
system consequences of the war in Iraq, the effects of brain-drain on health services in sub-Saharan Africa,
and the health effects of the developing world debt crisis.

Ilan Kelman Ilan Kelman http://www.ilankelman.org @IlanKelman is a Reader in Risk, Resilience and Global
Health at University College London, England and a Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of
International Affairs, Oslo. His overall research interest is linking disasters and health, including the
integration of climate change into disaster research and health research. That covers three main areas: (i)
disaster diplomacy and health diplomacy http://www.disasterdiplomacy.org ; (ii) island sustainability involving
safe and healthy communities in isolated locations http://www.islandvulnerability.org ; and (iii) risk education
for health and disasters http://www.riskred.org

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Melissa Neuman is a Research Associate at the Institute for Global Health and did her doctoral degree in
social epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. She has over ten years of experience managing
and analysing quantitative data. Her research interests include: the health effects of economic development
in lower- and middle income countries; the social determinants of over- and under-nutrition among children
and adults; and investigating contextual effects on health using geographic data and multilevel statistical
models.

Carlos Grijalva trained as clinical dietician in Mexico and then in public health and child development in the
UK. He has worked in Mexico, Italy and the UK coordinating and evaluating nutrition surveillance and
interventions in Algeria, Mexico, Myanmar, Philippines and Uzbekistan. His research interests include the
developmental origins of health and disease; nutritional interventions aimed at reducing nutritional
deficiencies early in life; and evaluating the impact of the double burden of malnutrition among vulnerable
populations such as refugees.
Edward Fottrell is an epidemiologist who, in close collaboration with partners BADAS, coordinates and
provides technical support to a randomised controlled trial of participatory womens groups to improve
maternal and newborn health in rural areas of Bangladesh. His research interests include the development of
methods for measuring cause-specific morbidity and mortality in resource-poor settings, verbal autopsies and
the challenges particular to the measurement of maternal and neonatal health for public health action.

Audrey Prost is a senior lecturer at UCL's Institute for Global Health and works in close collaboration with the
Indian civil society organisation Ekjut (http://www.ekjutindia.org). Together they have conducted two large
cluster randomised controlled trials of participatory women's groups to improve maternal and newborn
health in largely tribal areas of Jharkhand and Odisha, eastern India. Audrey is also an associate editor of
Trials, and interested in the design and analysis of trials of complex social interventions. Her research focuses
on developing and evaluation community-based interventions to improve maternal and child health and
nutrition, primarily in India.

(Petare, Caracas, Venezuela August 2010 Photo courtesy of Robert Stromberg)

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Skills Instructors:

Antonio Zazueta Olmos is a photojournalist who has worked on issues concerning human rights, the
environment and conflict. He has worked extensively in the Americas, Africa and the Middle East for editorial
publications and NGOs. His images have regularly appeared in the Observer and Guardian newspapers. His
work can be viewed at (www.antonioolmos.com)

Kate Hoyland re-launched and ran the successful BBC Production Trainee Scheme, which receives upwards of
three thousand applications yearly. She has 18 years experience as a journalist in the BBC World Service,
where she specialised in international news before moving on to manage Radio and Production training,
delivering leadership and media training to journalists from 22 international bureaux. She is a partner in the
Quattrain media & leadership training company, and, currently works in Communications at UCL and at the
BBC, where she specialises in social media.

Rosie Bartlett is a journalist and communications consultant with over 18 years of international media
training and production experience for the BBC, global NGOs and large academic research grants. She
specialises in translating complex messages to create simple media stories. She is currently lead consultant for
Quattrain on the UCL-Lancet Climate Health Commission, working with leading UK, Chinese and European
universities to produce a ground-breaking multi media report, assuring global endorsement and international
media coverage. For Quattrains media training, Rosie has specialised in womens development training for
the BBC and Sound Women. Rosie is co-chair of the Sound Women training group which works to get more
out of women in radio both on air and in leadership.

Dr Lorna Benton is a mixed methodology researcher at the Institute of Global Health. She has recently
completed her PhD at the Institute investigating the effect of HIV treatment on childbearing in a rural area of
South Africa, and has also worked on projects in the Gambia, Kenya and Malawi. Her research interests
include health systems and the growing burden of non-communicable disease. She also enjoys travelling,
muddy obstacle courses and all varieties of interactive theatre.

Layth Hanbali is in his 5th year of medicine at UCL, and is a graduate of the UCL Global Health BSc programme
at the Institute of Global Health. His main global health interests include the relationship between trade
agreements and health, health systems and governance, and social determinants of health. He has been
involved in Medsin, the UK's largest student global health network, as Regional Coordinator for the South East
this year, and previously as President of the UCL Branch. He has recently been elected to be Medsin's National
Director for the next academic year

Rhea Saksena is a third year medical student at UCL and has recently completed the iBSc in Global Health. Her
research interests are in the nexus of factors that influence food systems and the diseases of malnutrition,
specifically overnutrition and obesity. Rhea is a keen global health advocate, especially with regards to
tackling excess sugar consumption seen in both developed and developing countries simultaneously. In her
spare time, Rhea enjoys playing lacrosse, soft jazz and long walks on the beach.

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Navigators:

Rickin Popat is a medical student at UCL and has recently completed the iBSc in Global Health. His

research interests are in access to mental health care and health economics in theory and practice. After
studying he hopes to join the Air Force as a medical officer and his interests include long distance running and
performing with the Harrow Young Musicians.

Tumi Imevbore is a medical student at UCL and has recently completed the iBSc in Global Health. Her
research interests are tropical diseases and health inequalities in developing countries. Tumi enjoys travelling
and getting involved in outreach work. After completing her studies, she hopes to eventually pursue a medical
career that combines the two.

Lorna Benton is a mixed methodology researcher at the Institute of Global Health. She has recently
completed her PhD at the Institute investigating the effect of HIV treatment on childbearing in a rural area of
South Africa, and has also worked other projects in the Gambia, Kenya and Malawi. Her research interests
include health systems and the growing burden of non-communicable disease. She also enjoys travelling,
muddy obstacle courses and all varieties of interactive theatre.

Sapna Divani is a third year medical student at UCL who has completed the iBSc in Global Health. She is
president of the UCLU Indian Society and plays football for RUMS women's football club. This summer she
plans to travel in South East Asia.

Rhea Saksena is a third year medical student at UCL and has recently completed the iBSc in Global Health.
Her research interests are in the nexus of factors that influence food systems and the diseases of
malnutrition, specifically overnutrition and obesity. Rhea is a keen global health advocate, especially with
regards to tackling excess sugar consumption seen in both developed and developing countries
simultaneously. In her spare time, Rhea enjoys playing lacrosse, soft jazz and long walks on the beach.

Rakhi Ghosh is a medical student at UCL and has recently completed the iBSc in Global Health. She has
experience working with NGOs both abroad and in the UK and in her spare time enjoys travelling.
Seemeen Sakharkar is a medical student at UCL and has recently completed the iBSc in Global Health. Her
research interests lie in access to healthcare in conflict zones and in medical anthropology. She is a volunteer
at the Refugee Therapy Centre in North London and also enjoys knitting and reading.
Jimmy Grayburn is a medical student at UCL and has recently completed the iBSc in Global Health. His
research interests are based around refugees and immigration as well as Medical Anthropology. After
finishing his medical degree he hopes to start a masters at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine. He is on the committee for UCL Friends of MSF as well as playing in the UCL Dodgeball team. Next
year he'll be taking a year off his studies to play music in London.
Sruthi Mahadevan is a UCL medical student who has just finished the iBSc in Global Health. She
completed her dissertation on inclusive education for disabled children in India and also has keen interests in
gender, maternal and child health, and human rights. As well as having a passion for music, Sruthi loves
learning languages, and hopes to put these skills to use by working in South America or North Africa once she
has graduated.

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Kirtana Vallabhaneni is a medical student at UCL. Having recently completed her iBSc in Global Health,
her interests range from gender equity to global perceptions of disability. Having experience advocating for
contemporary global health issues on a variety of platforms and as a future member of the UCL Medsin
Committee, she also hopes to pursue her interest in global health in her future career.
Urwah Ahmed is a medical student at UCL and has recently completed the iBSc in Global Health. Her
research interests are in the caste system and access to maternal health services in India. She is the
community relations officer at UCLU and volunteers with the UCH fun team. She enjoys watching cricket and
painting in her spare time.
Kevin Kuriakose is a medical student at UCL who has recently completed the Global Health iBSc. His
research interests include politics and development in India and medical education. After completing his
studies he hopes to undertake his elective in Myanmar. Outside of work he enjoys playing badminton and
volunteering.

: Kartik Khanna studies medicine at UCL and has recently completed the Global Health iBSc course. After
completing his studies, he aspires to work for Mdecins Sans Frontires. He regularly plays tennis and hockey,
enjoys cycling and yoga and is an avid traveller.

: Rose Balfour Lynn is a medical student at UCL who has just finished the iBSc in Global Health. Her research
interests are in the social determinants of health, especially education. She volunteers for Student Minds at
UCL and enjoys cooking and yoga.


Country Group Guide:
Rickin Popat
MEXICO I
Tumi Imevbore
MEXICO II
USA
I

Lorna Benton

Sapna Divani
USA II
Rhea Saksena
ZAMBIA I
Rakhi Ghosh
ZAMBIA II
Seemeen Sakharkar
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA I
BOSNIA
A
ND
H
ERZEGOVINA
I
I
Jimmy Grayburn

Sruthi Mahadevan
INDIA I
Kirtana Vallabhaneni
INDIA II
Urwah Ahmed
CHINA I
Kevin Kuriakose
CHINA II
PRESS
I

Kartik Khanna
:
Rose Balfour Lynn
: PRESS II

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(Making Progress on the MDGs (2010 photo courtesy of the Gates Foundation)

Health in Future Cities: a UCL Global Citizenship

Summer School on Global Health

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