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Courses - Fall 2024
GBHL
Global Health
Open Seats as of
05/18/2024 at 08:30 AM
GBHL200
(Perm Req)
Introduction to Global Health
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: Must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in SPHL100.
Restriction: Student in the Global Health major or the Environmental Justice specialization of the Environmental Science and Policy major.
Credit only granted for: GBHL200 or MIEH400.
Formerly: MIEH400.
Global health challenges are immensely complex and underscore the multiple interconnections among social, economic, environmental, and biotechnological dimensions of health problems worldwide. Global health encompasses health care systems, medical practices, and ideas about illness in cross-cultural contexts, as well as issues of health development, global health inequity, racism and other -isms, and human rights issues. We will explore theoretical frameworks and practical perspectives shaping the global health panorama, including how public health issues are addressed by international and community organizations in developing countries