Global Health Econ and Policy

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course examines current health policy issues and disease burdens in low-and middle-income countries from an economic perspective. Topics may vary but are likely to include the relationship between health and economic development, child and maternal health, the need for financial risk protection against health shocks, social determinants of health inequities, the control of malaria, the relationship between fetal and early-child conditions on human capital, and other related topics. There will be a strong focus on interpreting the relevant empirical literature. The course will approach these issues from a microeconomics perspective and will analyze economic behavior at the micro-level i.e. individual and household. The course will also discuss program evaluation techniques to understand which health policy works in the real-world.