Field Trip to Fukushima
GHP 549
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Description
GHP 549 introduces students to the lived experiences and "build back better" efforts to rebuild the community after a major disaster, namely the Fukushima nuclear disaster that occurred in 2011 after the Great East Japan Earthquakes. Students will be assigned to ongoing health-related issues in the community, learn and discuss the acute and long-term responses to the disaster, and present their proposed strategies for the future to local professionals. Students walk through the past and present issues and think for the future in Fukushima (which means "the island of happiness" in Japanese).
**Applications for this course are due September 28, 2026. More information is available: https://intranet.hsph.harvard.edu/global-health-and-population/winter-session-travel-courses/.
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