Global Health: Mobility and Border Health Summer Course 2016 Overview The Thammasat University, School of Global Studies Summer Program offers qualified undergraduate students an opportunity to take credit classes in Global Health. The Global Health Summer Program focuses on Border Health with the aim to raise interest in and appreciate the complexity of global and border health; discover that global health is everyone s business; and to think creatively about solving problems. The Summer Program is designed in such way that students have the opportunity to engage in discussions, spend time in the field, and work as a team in our social innovation lab coached by faculty and professionals. Course Details Management Team Names Aj. Willian E. Brady Aj. Praewa Statum Aj. Brendan M. Hickey Dr. Sarina Pradhan Ms. Samittra Pornwattanavate Position Program Director Program Lead Academic Coordinator Program Manager Program Associate/ Evaluation Officer 7 week course breakdown Week Course Course Coordinator 1 Language and Culture Ms. Pakawan, Ms. Samittra Pornwattanavate 2 GH392: Geopolitical Realities in Populations in Mr. Brendan M. Hickey Transition 3 GH391: Health Realities and Border Mr. Willian E. Brady Populations 4 Design Lab : Research Methodology and Ms. Praewa Statum Analysis 5-6 Field Study: Immerse in the field Dr. Sarina Pradhan, Ms. 7 Define, Ideate, prototype, and tell compelling stories Praewa Statum Ms. Praewa Statum
Course Syllabus Week Day & Time Class activities Facilitators Language and Culture 1 June 9-Noon Thai Language: Introduction to Thai language, Aj. Pakawan and Samittra 20 conversational and daily usage 21 9-Noon Getting to know Thailand (Do s and Don ts in Aj. Pakawan and Samittra Thailand, Food Workshop) 22 9-Noon Practicing language skills (e.g. shopping, ordering Aj. Pakawan and Samittra food in restaurants etc.) 23 9-Noon Burmese Language: Introduction to Burmese Dr. Thant Htoo Aung Language, culture and survival words 24 9-Noon Do s and Don ts in Burmese culture/ community, Cultural activities (e.g. food workshop, visit to Burmese community) Dr. Thant Htoo Aung GH392: Transitional Geopolitics in Populations in Transition 2 27 9-10:00 am Course Introduction William Brady, TU Lecturer, Global Health MPH Program 10-Noon 28 9-10:30 am Introduction to Human Migration Law of Migration and the International System, TU Lecturer, School of Global Studies Jonathan Martens, IOM Technical Specialist 10:30-Noon Special Issues in Migrant Child Protection Dan Rono, UNICEF Child Protection Specialist 29 9-Noon IOM X Workshop on Human Trafficking Tara Dermott & Emily Communications for Behavioral Change Cholette, IOM X / USAID 1:00-3:30 Student visit to Immigration Detention Center Thai Immigration Bureau 30 9-11:00 am Labour Rights for Migrant Workers: a Migrant- Dr. Lisa Rende Taylor, Centered and Market-Based Approach Founder, Project Isaara. 11-Noon Migrant workers at home and abroad: a discussion of Migrant Labor Rights in California 1 1:00-3:30 Field visit to Samut Sakorn Hospital 9-12:00 Political realities on the Thai-Myanmar Border 11:30 Noon Course conclusion Dr. Charlie Thame, GH391: Health Realities in Border Populations 3 4 9-10:00 am Course Introduction 10:15 12:00 am From the Borders to the Cities: Social Impact of Urban Migration. 5 9-12:00 am Migrant Health Approach International Office of Migration Third Country Refugee Resettlement Health Policy and Program William Brady Dr. Kerry Richter, IPSR, Mahidol University (TBC) IOM Health Director (TBC) Dr. Diane Simpson, Division for Refugee and Immigration Health, US CDC/Thailand 2
1:30 3:30 Migration and Health Service System in Thailand: Situation, Responses and Challenges in a rapidly changing context. 6 9-12:00 am Health security for migrants, refugee and internally displaced populations 1:30 3:30 7 9-Noon One Health: Germs know no Borders : Epidemics, pandemics and emerging diseases 3 World Health Organization and Ministry of Public Health (TBC) Associate Professor William Aldis Brendan Hicky Dr. Sudarat Damrogueatanapokin Veterinarian Health Expert, USAID/ Thailand Dr. John MacArthur, Global Disease Detection Division, US CDC/Thailand 1:30 3:30 Controlling Outbreak Diseases Across Borders Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance (MBDS) Initiative 8 9-Noon Seeking Asylum from political Chaos and the Health Consequences. ICRC approach 11 th 9 10:30 am Human Resource capacity develoent: Delivering services to Migrant populations where there are no doctors. 10:45 9-Noon International Civil Society response to migrants and refugees on the Thai/Myanmar Border 1:30 3:30 Health on the frontline of conflict and displacement: Story of Back Packers Health Team in Mae Sot. Design Lab : Field Study preparation 4 12 Class overview Introduction to social innovation and Human- Centered Design 5-6 13 Field learning guide Interview guide & practice 14 Journey Map and Community Mapping Field engagement as a foreigner Practice data collection in the Myanmar community in Rangsit 15 Capture & share learning from the community Deep listening practice Field learning final prep and set intention Field Study: Immerse in the fields 18-29 8 am-4:00 The field learning allows students to gain deeper understanding of the challenges around mobility and border health through conducting qualitative data collection and observing reality on the ground. Students will be divided into teams and will be exposed to different field sites located in Thai/Myanmar border of Mae Sot in Tak Province. The process involves learning from various stakeholders in the communities as well as from existing interventions of the field preceptors and other field experts. Field preceptors from Dr. Luca Falqui ICRC Dr. Cynthia Maung, Director of Mae Tal Clinic Dr. Nyunt Naing, Chief, IRC Thailand Seminar by Back Packers Health Team (TBC) Praewa Satutum and Niyata Limpiti William Brady and Praewa Satutum Praewa Satutum, Viria, Kornnatt Surapat Field Preceptors from community-based organizations (CBOs) and non-government organizations (NGOs) include: Mae Tao Clinic Help Without Frontiers Bodhivijalaya College
community-based organizations (CBO) and nongovernment organizations (NGOs) providing direct support to the Thai/Myanmar border migrant populations engage in the program as field learning partners who share their field knowledge & experiences, connect students to key stakeholders in communities and local organizations, as well as provide advice for students projects. Additionally, there will be field coordinators helping to facilitate communication and coordination during the field learning. Design Lab: Synthesis and Prototyping 7 August 1 9-Noon Synthesis: Capture your learning and search for meaning 1:00 4:00 Persona Frame How might we questions 2 9-Noon Ideation workshop 3 9-Noon Prototyping workshop 13:00 2:00 Coaching session Subject matter experts 4 9-11:00 am Presentation guide & storytelling Praewa Satutum and 5 th August Field Study 4 Faculties, Preceptors, and external guests 09:00 12:00 Final Presentation to stakeholders & faculties 12.00 1:00 Farewell lunch Everyone 1 3:00 Reflection on learning experiences Kornnatt Surapat and Praewa Satutum During the two weeks of the Field Study the students will get a chance to experience realworld border community under the supervision of field mentors and develoent NGO s (Preceptors) working in the field of empowering communities to effect change on social and structural determinates and/or improving health and wellbeing within communities on the Thai/Burma. Preceptors Involved Mae Tao Clinic (Mae Sot) Mae Tao Clinic (MTC) is a community based organization that provides and advocates for an equitable and essential health systems, education and protection for vulnerable and displaced people living in the Thai-Burma border area and Eastern Burma. MTC addresses the needs and human rights of these people through comprehensive programs and a collective approach with local, national, international and government bodies. Established in 1989 by Dr. Cynthia Muang in a dilapidated building with bare dirt floors, sterilizing her few precious instruments in a rice cooker and solicited medicine and food from Catholic relief workers working in the outskirts of Mae Sot, today MTC serves a target population of around 150,000 on the Thai-Burma border. About 50% of those are migrant workers in need of medical attention in Mae Sot whereas the other 50% travels across the border from Burma for health care seeking. Website link: http://maetaoclinic.org/
Bodhivijalaya College (Mae Sot) Bodhivijalaya College is a rural campus of Srinakharinwirot University, located in Wattananakhorn district, Sra Kaew province on the Thai-Cambodia next to border. It is leading institute for learning, research that promotes peaceful living together in multicultural ethical society, creating knowledge and innovations for harmony and sustainability of all beings. It aims to create knowledge management and innovations, facilitate platforms for learning network within the county and neighboring countries. The main instructional principle is derived from His Majesty King Bhumibhol's philosophy on Self-Sufficiency Economy. The instruction emphasizes human develoent, mainly by ensuring students' awareness of their hometown and accurate perception of its values. The aim is to facilitate sustainable develoent in the long run. Help Without Frontiers (Mae Sot) Help without Frontiers was established as a non-profit organisation on initiative of the independent corporate consultant Benno Röggla in Bozen/ South Tyrol on the 12th of September 2002. In 2006 Help without Frontiers Austria was launched, and in 2010 Help without Frontiers Switzerland and Help without Frontiers Thailand Foundation followed. They mainly support refugees and people in need from and in Burma/Myanmar and in Thailand. Today the organisation oversees projects for thousands of Burmese refugees in Thailand and in their jungle hideouts in Burma/Myanmar. Their goal is to provide lasting help and values in form of health and education especially for children and youth. Website link: http://www.helpwithoutfrontiers.org/ 5