Global Health and Human Rights

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

This course examines key global health challenges of the twenty-first century and how global institutions respond to them. Drawing on public health, political economy, biopolitics, and human rights, it explores how health is shaped by structural inequalities, governance regimes, and rights frameworks that define access to care, state obligations, and accountability. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits including 1.0 HURI, GDST (IDST), ANTH, and/or SOCI credit at the 2000 level or permission of instructor. Equivalent to IDST 4512H.