Faculty: Till Baernighausen, Barry R. Bloom and Sebastian Vollmer

Course Description:

This course is intended as a survey of the main perspectives, methods, insights and issues in the study of global health and population dynamics. It is organized around three themes. The first theme focuses on population dynamics and their relationships with population health. It will provide overviews of the main theories of change of population size and composition as well as important facts on levels, trends and differentials of fertility, mortality and...

Faculty: Sue Goldie

Class Description:

This course introduces the global health challenges posed by failure to adequately reduce infections, malnutrition, and maternal-child health problems in the most vulnerable populations, escalating rates of non-communicable diseases/injuries, and emerging health risks that cross national boundaries. We will assess social responses to these challenges at the community, national, and global levels. Through an understanding of population health measures, we will examine patterns of disease/mortality between...

Faculty: David Bloom and Joel Lamstein

Course Description:

This course is required for all incoming master of science students in GHP. It is intended as a broad survey of the main facts, issues, perspectives, methods, results, and conclusions in the areas of global population and health. The course is organized into three blocks. The first block deals with theory, methods, and evidence related to the state of global health and population and reviews salient population and health issues, both past and present. The focus is on patterns and...