International and Migrant Health Organizations

HPAM

626

International and Migrant Health Organizations

This course will provide an in-depth study of the historical development, structure, and function of the institutions andinitiatives constituting the international health system. The course will first examine the basic architecture and entities that make-up theinternational organization system as well as the conceptual tools that facilitate further understanding of how and why these organizations function.The second segment will explore the varying organizational arrangements that have been formed to address international and migrant health, thenormative differences between them, respective advantages and disadvantages, emerging new models, and their subsequent roles in the globalcontext. The third segment provides an overview of the major operational outputs produced by IOs to address global and migrant health. The finalsegment explores international and migrant health organizations within the context of international relations, foreign policy, and globalization. Herewe will discuss the ‘international health system’ in a rapidly changing and diversifying environment, how the system has stagnated or evolved, andhow domestic, cross-border, and cross-sector organizations function together (or should) to maximize the benefits of an increasingly global societyon public health.

Fall

Graduate

No

034107