223.680.81
Global Disease Control Programs and Policies
Location
Internet
Term
4th Term
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2025 - 2026
Instruction Method
Asynchronous Online with Some Synchronous Online
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
and 340.601 or 340.721
Enrollment Restriction
This course is not restricted.
Presents the history, social and political context, organization, technical content, funding and evaluation of current, major, global initiatives for disease control. Emphasizes programs focused on health problems of the developing world and includes initiatives for vaccines and immunization, non-communicable diseases, safe motherhood and reproductive health, malaria, Neglected Tropical Diseases, HIV, emerging infectious diseases, TB, tobacco control, nutritional interventions, and injury control. Examines the process of policy formulation and resource allocation to international health and disease control, and interprets results of data analysis for public health research, policy, or practice.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Identify and critique sources of large-scale public health data used to describe, illustrate and interpret the state of health at a population level.
- Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health.
- Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice.
- Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design, implementation, or critique of public health policies or programs.
- Examine and recommend programs and policies to improve global public health, with a focus on low-and-middle income settings and under-resourced populations.
- Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention.
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 50% In-class Exercises
- 50% Assignments