HIS 287W - History of International and Global Health

Institution:

University of Rochester

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Description:

Examines the initiation, evolution, and transformation of international and global health activities/policies focusing on developments in the 19th-early 21st centuries. It also considers events such as pandemic plague, exchange of diseases between the Old World and the New, and the role of health concerns in early European and American colonialism and imperialism. The major focus is the evolution of cooperative efforts in international health under governmental, non-governmental, and trans-governmental auspices with attention given to the role of international conferences/conventions, the work of the International Red Cross and the Rockefeller Foundations International Health Division, and the creation/functioning of the Pan American Health Organization, the Office International d'Hygiene Publique, the League of Nations Health Organization, and the World Health Organization. For the later 20th century, we will focus on the World Bank, the Gates Foundation, UNAIDS, and other current players in global health.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.rochester.edu

Phone Number:

(888) 822-2256

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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