The Global health module focuses on identifying and assessing the challenges in public health from a global perspective and provides you with a platform for education and research about health challenges facing the world's populations, particularly in populations burdened by poverty.
The overarching aim of the principles of global health is to contribute to a reduction of the global burden of disease. Focus is placed on the distribution and determinants of health, diseases and injuries in populations with different social, economic and cultural characteristics, maternal and child health
JAN: Wednesday 22 and 29 January 2020
FEB: Wednesday 5, 12 and 19 February 2020
MAR: Wednesday 4, 11, 18 and 25 March 2020
APR: Wednesday 1 April 2020
Module Submission Date: 1 April 2020
Non EEA students can only apply as part of a programme, not as a stand-alone module.
For those students whose first language is not English, the following qualification is also required:
Dr Divya Parmar joined City in 2014. She is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences and Section Editor in Globalization and Health.
Divya's academic interests lie at the interface of public health and poverty reduction, cutting across topics on health policy, health care financing, maternal health, adolescent ...
