<p>Lecture, four hours. Introduction to tropical diseases and global health. How humanitarian health issues, maternal-child health, research in tropics, World Health Organizations, and political/medical constraints all are related with respect to health on worldwide scale. Letter grading.</p>

Epidemiology

The school aims to build health and equity, and to drive positive change for all people. The school acts on this mission through initiatives in three core areas: education, discovery, and service.

Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease in human populations.

General Catalog

Global Health and Tropical Medicine

EPIDEM 266

4 units