Global Health and International Development

3 credits

Global health and international development from the perspective of critical medical anthropology. Consideration of ethnographic critiques of contemporary global health and development as humanitarian, security, and political-economic projects, as well as how applied medical anthropologists work to translate public health knowledge and policy into effective action in specific social and cultural contexts. ANTH 227 is strongly recommended. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: ANTH 100. and third-year standing.