Globalization Health

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

The course examines the economic, social, technological, and importantly the political dimensions of globalization and how they impact health equity and status, the provision of health care, and global public health. The course will analyze the effects of the global marketplace and its key actors on opportunities and risks for health. It will examine in depth the increasing inequalities, the effects on population health of transnational legal frameworks, and the international institutions, multinational and the civil society players that influence and respond to the globalization process.