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It was a good course, but the references were a bit old (2013 - 2015) and are in dire need of some updating. In the section on tobacco and alcohol, I was missing a clarification on exactly what causes smoking-related disease. Often not even physicians know that it is the combustion process that generates the vast majority of harmful and potentially harmful constituents in cigarette smoke. I was also missing at least one paragraph on the potential of smoke-free products for public health, for those people who chose not to quit. Cessation and avoiding initiation is of course important, and need to be stressed, but a harm reduction approach based on availability of and accurate information about smoke-free products is the unrightfully ignored "third pillar" of the WHO's tobacco control strategy. Finally, I found the section on "anti-vax" unnecessarily ideological. Many public health experts, such as Jay Batthacharya (Stanford University), Martin Kulldorf (fired from Harvard for criticizing covid-19 policies), and Sunetra Gupta (Oxford) were ignored and censored. Needless to say, this is not science. It's more akin to propaganda.

This is the first time I've ever preferred to read the attached material rather than listen the the lectures. The quizzes are common knowledge and you don't have to listen to the lectures to answer them, 9/10 I got 80-100% on my first trial. What was of interest to me in this course was the articles, I firmly believe that the more abreast you are in research and improvements or lack there of in what ever field the better and more well rounded you would be. I always ask for more reading material and I never get it, this time, I had more than I anticipated but now after doing the quizzes out of self-interest and self-improvement I'm going back to finish reading all the articles in this MOOC.

It is a great course that provides information regarding a broad introduction to global health. In addition, I learned much about DALYs, global health issues in low income countries, but also a little introduction towards nutrition and mental health. Also, it is an easier way to learn the course, because you can do it in your free time during the week. However, some links do not work and therefore I would recommend the course to implement links for required readings that do work. As a result, 4/5 stars.

Great overview of global health and the different issues in global health.

The main con of this lecture is the sloppily written transcript and subtitles, with no paragraphing, lots of spelling errors and words that sound the same but are totally wrong. Futurelearn's transcripts are very professionally done and easy to follow.

I thoroughly enjoyed the course, however, was unable to access chapters in the course textbook recommended each session for reading. I found this to be a disadvantage and frustrating.

I also wondered why the data was so dated and feel I'm not really up-to-date with the latest global figures.

Thank you.

Overall a very exhaustive course on global health./ causes , risk factors. the course also delves into individual causes, risks and possible preventive actions. For some reasons does not go into symptoms a lot, but otherwise very comrehensive.

This course is actually comprehensive and enjoyable compared to other courses related to public and global health which tend to be boring as you delve in deeper. I am glad i took this course. It has broaden my knowledge of Global health

C'est un excellent cours que j'ai beaucoup apprécié. Tous mes remerciemnts à Yale University et au Professeur Skolnik. Ce cours me permettra certainement d'etre plus performant dans le domaine du Global Health.

Abdoulaye GUEYE

A nice course which introduce the basic and the fundamentals of global health from several aspects, which is quiet easy for the freshmen to get a good start up to know more about the global health field.

Very well designed course , which provides key messages on global health by an experienced teacher.I will definitely benefit from the knowledge gained in my career.

Its a good course but some of the link and resources given in the courses are broken. Apart from that it is overall a nice and informative course.

This was an excellent way of getting a high quality update of the main issues in global health today.

Very enjoyable, thank you Mr. Skolnik!

Nice presentation of information overall on global health. I learnt a lot. However, a lot of recommended reading links are not working.

Some aspects of the course were repetitive, but overall a good primer for anyone interested in the basics of global health

Un poco desactualizado y poco novedoso para un estudiante de medicina en España, en cualquier caso aborda bien el tema.

Informative but very long and some portions are boring and redundant. There are far too many quizzes to answer!

Insightful, some material outdated, nonetheless, gained so much knowledge and understanding of public health

I would have liked more recent lectures. The videos and the professor's classes are great.

Very Impactful and educative course. Well taught and student participation encouraged.