Global Public Health

  • NINT 5250 - Global Public Health (Spring 2008)

Section A/CRN 6804 (syllabus)
TBA
Wednesday 4.00pm - 5.50pm

This course provides an introduction to the major concepts and principles that govern the practice of global public health. The course uses a multidisciplinary approach to discuss the major underlying determinants of poor health and the relationship between health and political, social, and economic development. The focus will be on resource-poor countries. Students are introduced to the evolution of modern approaches to the setting of global priorities, the functions and roles of the major institutional players in global health, and the funding of global health programs