Abstract
“What should be taught in the lectures of International Health?” is the important issue in the field of education on health, because there is few standard, guideline, or consensus about the contents of lectures on International Health now in Japan. Therefore, each school, such as medical university, nursing school, post-graduate school, and so on, has different curriculums on International Health.
In this occasion, I would like to propose that the Association of International Health should formulate some recommendations on “what should be taught” in this field of International Health for the students of different specialties. These recommendations can be meaningful to standardize the curriculums on International Health in schools on health and to be the first step to provide the study opportunities for the students who are interested in International Health but have few opportunities to learn it. In addition, some “new point of view or sense” which we can learn through the humanitarian assistance activities for developing countries should be included in the lectures for fostering the humanities of the students.
