Global Public Health

Catalog description

This course is an introduction to global health at the undergraduate level to provide the students with an understanding of global health goals and governance, health surveillance systems, and the determinants, consequences and trends of disease in low- and middle-income countries, with some reference to high-income countries and regions. Both infectious and non-communicable diseases will be addressed, as will reproductive and women's health, children's health, nutrition, immigration, and environmental health.