Description

Courses: Fundamentals of Global Health and Development I, II, & III, GLBH 564, 566, & 568

The Global Health and Development (GHD) series is designed and focused on the knowledge foundation necessary for global public health practitioners to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate health programs serving vulnerable populations in resource-scarce communities worldwide. At LLUSPH, our focus is on global health as integral to transformational global development. Thus, the three courses incorporate global development issues, resources, organizations, and strategies.

In GLBH 564, students analyze the burden of disease at national, subnational and global levels, including the assessment and examination of cultural, social, economic, environmental determinants of health; infectious diseases, non- communicable diseases, reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH), nutrition, mental health, violence and complex emergencies and other issues, applying their skills to studying one low- or middle-income country throughout the year.