POL 108 Methods and Tools to Face Global Health Challenges
Methods and Tools to Face Global Health Challenges
Class hours: 21
Credits (ECTS): 3
LM-SP – Specialization in International Politics and Law
Year: 1st
Terms: 2nd
Course held in English
Global Health is one of the most relevant areas of research the world focuses on. The climate crisis and the insurgence of global pandemics such as the one affecting the world for the past two years made visible the need for strengthening the global approach to
health.
The present course can open a window on what global health is, providing an interdisciplinary perspective on the topic and suggesting tools to interpret the issues that the international community is facing in preserving and improving health at a global level.
Suggested modules:
- Global health: defining our world.
- The emerging challenges in Global Health.
- Global Health and international inequality.
- Global Health and climate change.
- Big data and global health challenges.
- Global research in health: methods, tools and innovative perspectives.
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