Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students:
1) Should acquire critical skills through the assessment of a range of historical and multi-disciplinary approaches (history, the social sciences, and biomedical sciences) to studying global health.
2) Develop a critical understanding of the major historical changes in the nature and context of disease and health systems since c.1800 in the context of colonialism and modern medicine.
3) Enhance their analytical and presentation skills in presenting their work to peers.
4) Enhance their ability to evaluate a range of primary and secondary sources
Indicative Module Content:
Topics and Themes covered include:
(1) Disease and Environment since 1800; (2) Disease and colonialism (3) Foundations and Evolution of Medical Microbiology: ‘One Health’ and the Management of the Microbial Commons; (4) Healthy Environments – Urban Systems and Health; (5) Public Health and Sanitation; (6) A Therapeutic Revolution? antimicrobials, vaccines, and international disease control; (7) ; (8) Health for All? Welfare and Health Care Systems since 1800; (9) Governance by Numbers: DALYs, QALYs, and the rise of global health; (10) The End of Capitalism or the End of Disease? Future Imaginaries of Health; (11) Epidemics.