The course focuses on strategies for health improvement, reduction of health disparities as well as protection against global threats that cut across national boundaries. Issues to discuss will include global health and poverty, economic development, peace and security, communicable and non-communicable diseases, social and spatial dimensions of health and their impact on disparities in the burden of diseases, the impact of climate change on health, and risk factors.

 Objective: The aim of the course is to develop the capacity of students to:

•  Understand concepts and perspectives on global health; and

• Analyze social and spatial dimensions of health and their impact on disparities in the burden of diseases.

Mode of Delivery: The course is delivered through lectures, case studies analyses, individual and group presentations.