Women’s Global Health Movements (01:988:407)
Professor Erin Evans
Global political and economic institutions and policies impact health globally. The course investigates how women’s non-governmental organizations have attempted to transform existing institutions and policies of global health governance such that people everywhere can lead healthier and more dignified lives.
Health Consequences In The Global Trade In Pharmaceuticals (01:988:413)
Professor Erin Evans
Multinational pharmaceutical companies remain the primary developers of new drug regimens. The health effects of drug research and development, however, vary markedly from one region of the world to another. This course explores the political economy of the global pharmaceutical industry, analyzing the distribution of burdens and benefits. It examines several ethical issues, such as clinical trials on populations in the Global South and the continuing sale of drugs across the Global South after they have been banned in the global North, among others.
Women’s Global Health: Special Topics (01:988:416)
Professor Heidi Hoechst
States of Healthcare: Comparative Global Perspectives on Healthcare and Political Systems
Through a global comparison of the relationship between political contexts and the organization of healthcare institutions, the course highlights healthcare as an under-recognized arena of political engagement where citizenship is constructed and where the foundations of a state’s political forms and ideologies are rooted, realized and/or undermined.