Advanced Health & Human Rights

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This course will build on the introductory Health and Human Rights course by focusing on additional topics, methodologies and debates in the field. Through a case study approach and group projects, students will weigh the relative costs and benefits of using a rights-based approach in a public health context, as well as explore how public health policies, programs and practices can impact human rights. Students will acquire an in-depth knowledge of international human rights as applied to public health through real-world application. Students will write a grant proposal on a health and human rights intervention or research study and present on this topic at the end of the semester.