Syllabus

                                             Readings in Global Health
New material will be released at 10:00 a.m. Boston time (15:00 UTC) each Monday.

• The deadline for upgrading to an ID Verified certificate (which can be done through your edX dashboard) is February 12 at 5:00 p.m. Boston time (22:00 UTC). 
• The deadline for completing the course materials is March 28 at 5:00 p.m. Boston time (22:00 UTC).

Week 1: January 25, 2016
Measuring the Global Burden of Disease (Murray)
Globalization, Climate Change, and Human Health (Bernstein)

Week 2: February 1, 2016
The Perpetual Challenge of Infectious Diseases (Fauci)
Response to the AIDS Pandemic—A Global Health Model (Piot)

Week 3: February 8, 2016
Pandemic Preparedness and Response—Lessons from the H1N1 Influenza of 2009 (Fineberg)
Designing Tomorrow’s Vaccines (Nabel)
Disease Eradication (Hopkins)

**The deadline for upgrading to an ID Verified certificate (which can be done through your edX dashboard) is February 12 at 5:00 p.m. Boston time (22:00 UTC). Unfortunately, the course staff is unable to extend this deadline for any reason.**

Week 4: February 15, 2015
Behavioral and Dietary Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases (Riboli)
Global Effects of Smoking, of Quitting, and of Taxing Tobacco (Jha)

Week 5: February 22, 2016
Noncommunicable Diseases (Reddy)
Mental Health and the Global Agenda (Kleinman)
Injuries (Norton)

Week 6: February 29, 2016
Global Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health—So Near and Yet So Far (Bhutta)
Health Care Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (Mills)
Natural Disasters, Armed Conflict, and Public Health (Leaning)

Week 7: March 7, 2016
Governance Challenges in Global Health (Frenk)
Global Health Law (Gostin)
Global Supply of Health Professionals (Chen)

**The deadline for completing the course materials is March 21 at 5:00 p.m. Boston time (22:00 UTC).**