Critical Issues in Global Health

Catalog description

In this course, student will examine the major preventative health issues affecting the world today. The course will be taught in a case-based-learning format that introduces health issues from a policy perspective in a case scenario. They will take in depth looks into the cultural and socioeconomic issues that affect the delivery and quality of healthcare in a global setting. Students will examine the role of communicable and non-communicable diseases affecting the health of people living in low to middle income countries. Initially, we will view specific illnesses in the context of their clinical, epidemiological and socioeconomic impact, and then broaden the perspective to examine the influence of preventative health strategies that address these diseases. Open to students in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Centers only. Prerequisite Course(s): Course is limited to Certificate in Global Health students or Master of Public Health Students