Global Health Issues (Core course)

Catalog description

This course examines contemporary issues in global health policy, delivery and discusses major global health challenges. Students will be introduced to the world’s vast diversity of determinants of health and disease. Students will analyze current and emerging global health priorities, including emerging infectious diseases, poverty, conflicts and emergencies. The course will also review health inequity, health systems reforms, and major global initiatives for disease prevention and health promotion. The course will consider how inequalities in education, income, and occupation influence health status. The public policy process will be explored using a variety of contemporary global health case studies which focus on content areas such as maternal health, HIV policy, refugee health and global healthcare delivery. The course will also examine the global health workforce and the impact of widespread global migration of health professionals on receiving and sending countries.