授業の目的 【日本語】
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授業の目的 【英語】
Goals of the Course | | | The international community today faces a variety of challenges, some new, some old. This course suggests that global health offers a new way of thinking about and acting upon international development objectives. From national health insurance to COVID-19, the health sector has been a critical part of debates about poverty and development. At the same time, global health has been (fairly) critiqued for its lack of organizing concepts and theories. This course is designed to introduce graduate students to foundational themes and historical case studies in global health. It also trains students to engage with and offer solutions to major global health and development issues in contemporary societies. |
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到達目標 【日本語】
Objectives of the Course(JPN) | | |
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到達目標 【英語】
Objectives of the Course | | | By the end of the first half of the course (Weeks 1-7), students will understand key theoretical debates or paradigms in both policy-making and scholarly/academic circles. They should also have gained a background of the basic history of international health from the early twentieth century to global health in the present, ending with an overview of the increasing metric-ization of global health achievements (including a critical look at the Sustainable Development Goals). The first 1000-word data analysis assessment is due at the end of Week 7. With this background, the second half of the course (Weeks 8-15) moves to examine major sector-specific or thematic issues. By the end of the second half, students will have a critical understanding of the differences between voluntary, governmental, and for-profit actors in the health sector, bringing in historical case studies and using primary source materials. Through the final 5000-word original research essay, students should be able to bring together concepts and cases from both halves of the course. |
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授業の内容や構成
Course Content / Plan | | Week 1: Course overview: what is global health?
Week 2: Social medicine and international health
Week 3: Technocentrism and the ‘magic bullet’
Week 4: Logistics of global health
Week 5: Commercialising health and the profit motive
Week 6: Universal health coverage
Week 7: Global health metrics and burden of disease: Sustainable Development Goals? **1000-word data analysis essay due (end of the week)
Week 8: Population control and reproductive health
Week 9: International narcotics control
Week 10: Pharma Pt. 1: drug discovery and production
Week 11: Pharma Pt. 2: medicine safety
Week 12: Pharma Pt. 3: vaccine research
Week 13: Private and voluntary actors in the health sector
Week 14: Public-private partnerships and global health governance
Week 15: Wrap-up Session **5000-word final essay due (end of the week) |
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履修条件・関連する科目
Course Prerequisites and Related Courses | | | There are no prerequisites or requirements, but a general background in modern world history and international development studies would be beneficial. |
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成績評価の方法と基準
Course Evaluation Method and Criteria | | | There are two assessments for this course. First, by the end of Week 7, students will submit a data analysis essay of no more than 1000 words, worth 40% of the final mark. The student, after discussion with the lecturer, will select an appropriate dataset on a topic of their choice relating to global health. Second, students will submit a final 5000-word original research essay worth 60% of the final mark (due at the end of Week 15). Students are encouraged to make the first 1000-word data analysis essay part of the broader final 5000-word research essay. Marking for the data analysis (40%) and the final original research essays (60%) will be based on Nagoya University’s six-letter grade evaluation system from A+ to F, wherein C- is the minimum grade for passing the course (see ‘Academics/Campus Life’). |
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教科書・参考書
Textbook/Reference Book | | The following are key texts by historians, sociologists, and medical anthropologists, which students will find useful for understanding the full breadth of the course. Other weekly readings for specific themes or sectors, including primary materials, will be uploaded by the instructor onto TACT.
• Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, Arthur Kleinman, Matthew Basilico, Reimagining Global Health: An Introduction (University of California Press, 2013).
• Randall Packard, A History of Global Health (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016).
• Nitsan Chorev, The WHO between North and South (Cornell University Press, 2012). |
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課外学習等（授業時間外学習の指示）
Study Load(Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours) | | | Students are expected to participate in in-class activities such as group discussions and debates. Outside of the lectures, students are expected to complete and understanding the readings which are generally assigned weekly, amounting to approximately 4 to 6 hours per week, depending on reading level. Students are expected to respond to questions from the instructor and fellow students in a respectful manner. |
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注意事項
Notice for Students | | | Depending on progress, planned themes and activities in each week’s lecture may change slightly. |
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使用言語
Language(s) for Instruction & Discussion | | |
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授業開講形態等
Lecture format, etc. | | 対面で実施します。
Classes will be held in-person. |
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遠隔授業（オンデマンド型）で行う場合の追加措置
Additional measures for remote class (on-demand class) | | |
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