MPH 620 - Global Public Health

Credit(s): 4
This course discusses the global context of public health including principles underlying global health and the dimensions of public health particular to international settings. Emphasis will be placed on the issues and challenges to world health that transcend geopolitical boundaries, and the wide array of forces that impact these health issues. Focus areas will include the impact of globalization; health disparities, social and gender inequity; infectious disease; nutrition; maternal and child health; wars and civil conflicts; resources and environmental issues; and disaster response and management.