Critical Perspectives in Global Health Policy

This course explores the fundamentals of health policy in the global and domestic context. We examine frameworks for understanding the challenges in global and U.S. health, using lecture, discussion, and activities to analyze the burden of disease and the role of multiple actors in our health care systems. Topics include infectious and noncommunicable diseases; maternal and child health; comparative systems of universal health care, and health care costs, financing, and delivery. We will investigate the complex interactions and tradeoffs in interventions to improve health, including the role of governments, NGOs, and the private sector.