Case Studies in Global Health

Catalog description

This course explores multiple facets of global health: research and funding priorities; interactions between academics, international organizations, state governments, and small communities; and, conflict between local and international norms and values, through in-depth examination of two case studies. The case studies will represent one traditionally non-Western content area (for example, female genital cutting/mutilation in sub-Saharan Africa and the African diaspora, iron deficiency in East Africa, or global polio eradication) and one primarily Western content area (for example, routine childhood immunization or male circumcision in the US and Europe). Additional student-led case studies will tailor some course content to students’ interests. Restricted to juniors and seniors only; admission by permission of the instructor. Offered in fall only.