curriculum

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Issues in Contemporary Global Health

June 23 - July 25, 2008

East-West Medicine Curriculum

Curriculum

Special Topics in Medicine: Issues in Contemporary Global Health Course (Medicine 180, 4 units)
Attention will be placed on a multidisciplinary perspective, such that economic, political, cultural, and behavioral factors related to disease spread and management are elucidated and integrated. Disasters and conflict and their health implications will be covered, along with issues of social justice and human rights and attempts to bring human rights perspectives to bear on global health issues. Other topics covered will include how health is redefined in the era of globalization, and how health issues in one part of the world affects health in other part of the world. The course will also address new innovations to bring resources to the health problems of developing countries such as PEPFAR, Project RED, The Global Fund for HIV, AIDS, and TB, as well as traditional programs generated by the World Bank and other members of the UN system. A discussion of global health partnerships both locally and globally will conclude the program.

This class will meet Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10:30-12:30 for 5 weeks beginning June 23rd.

View a Medicine 180: Issues in Contemporary Global Health syllabus here.