HCMG 868 - Private Sector Role in Global Health

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Stephen Sammut. This ASP will seek managerial solutions to international health issues and health issues within developing countries using private enterprise or other private initiatives, or public-private partnership approaches to issues of health services, development of products such as therapeutics, vaccines or devices, or other mechanisms or businesses that advance health. The course goal is not to duplicate a conventional international public health course, but to build upon what is conventionally known and taught in such courses from a managerial solutions-oriented perspective. Discussion and reading will address a range of means of managing medical services and related businesses -public and private-in underserved areas for populations in emerging markets, developing countries, and underserved areas in developed nations.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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