The Global Health Certificate:
Health for All: “Opportunities and Challenges for creating a healthier world”
- A complex analysis of communities lacking proper infrastructure and adequate services from the government and ministries
- The ramifications of living without basic necessities, such as clean drinking water, medical care, and proper nutrition on a daily basis.
- Increasing rates of preventable disease around the world and poor healthcare services.
- New opportunities for effective and scalable global health interventions.
Microfinance and Beyond: “Practical Solutions for serving the poor”
What is economic development? This class explores major case studies and gives students the opportunity to create plans that address economic development
1. Programs for the bottom of the pyramid: Individual-level interventions such as microfinance, savings cooperatives, vocational centers and mobile technologies as they effect the lives of the poor
2. The Missing Middle: Building business for the poor and growing a middle class in under-resourced nations
3. Serving the nation: Country-wide fiscal policy, foreign direct investment and the roles and ramifications of international aid.
This certificate will prepare students to approach the problems of global poverty from a thoughtful perspective geared towards creating holistic programs that empower individuals and communities to lift themselves out of poverty utilizing market principles and innovative technologies.
