HESY-465 Global Health and U.S. National Security

Chichester, M. and Belk, P.

This course will explore health care issues in the context of globalization, emerging global health issues and their impacts on health systems, and implications for U.S. national security. We will examine the state of prioritization of the role of global health in U.S. foreign policy and analyze the U.S. response to the threats of infectious disease and chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) terrorism. In an age of globalization, disease moves fluidly across oceans and borders. Pandemic flu; the spread of HIV/AIDS in China, India, Russia, and South Africa; increasingly drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis; the Japan subway Sarin gas and domestic anthrax letter attacks all point to the emerging threat that matters of global health present for U.S. national security interests. The implications for population health outcomes, the economic fallout and the potential for conflict that arise from global health emergencies emanating from beyond US borders will be examined within the context of national security, and political and economic stability.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: None

HESY-465-01 Global Health and U.S. National Security

Chichester, M. and Belk, P.

This course will explore health care issues in the context of globalization, emerging global health issues and their impacts on health systems, and implications for U.S. national security. We will examine the state of prioritization of the role of global health in U.S. foreign policy and analyze the U.S. response to the threats of infectious disease and chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) terrorism. In an age of globalization, disease moves fluidly across oceans and borders. Pandemic flu; the spread of HIV/AIDS in China, India, Russia, and South Africa; increasingly drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis; the Japan subway Sarin gas and domestic anthrax letter attacks all point to the emerging threat that matters of global health present for U.S. national security interests. The implications for population health outcomes, the economic fallout and the potential for conflict that arise from global health emergencies emanating from beyond US borders will be examined within the context of national security, and political and economic stability.

Credits: 2

Prerequisites: None

HESY-465-02 Global Health and U.S. National Security

Chichester, M. and Belk, P.

This course will explore health care issues in the context of globalization, emerging global health issues and their impacts on health systems, and implications for U.S. national security. We will examine the state of prioritization of the role of global health in U.S. foreign policy and analyze the U.S. response to the threats of infectious disease and chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) terrorism. In an age of globalization, disease moves fluidly across oceans and borders. Pandemic flu; the spread of HIV/AIDS in China, India, Russia, and South Africa; increasingly drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis; the Japan subway Sarin gas and domestic anthrax letter attacks all point to the emerging threat that matters of global health present for U.S. national security interests. The implications for population health outcomes, the economic fallout and the potential for conflict that arise from global health emergencies emanating from beyond US borders will be examined within the context of national security, and political and economic stability.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: None

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