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Using case studies drawn largely but not exclusively from Sub-Saharan Africa, this course explores the challenges and complexities of delivering health in under-resourced settings. Over the past sixty years, various development models and policies have been applied locally and globally. We will critically examine the theory and practice that underlies what has become ‘global health’ within an evolving development framework.
Lecture (a) 2nd Semester Tuesday 09/06/20 08:30-12:15 Lecture (a) 2nd Semester Tuesday 23/06/20 08:30-12:15 Lecture (a) 2nd Semester Tuesday 26/05/20 08:30-12:15 Comments: Course will be given in English. One credit for online portion of the course during the second semester, one credit for 3 4-hour sessions held over May and June.
Gender and development constitutes its own academic sub-field and has proven to be an enduring international policy and planning focus since the 1970s. With this in mind, the foundational questions that underlie this course are: • Why should the issue of gender constitute a legitimate planning tradition in its own right? • Why do the proliferating numbers of policies and plans for action in gender and development often fail to be implemented? • How do transnational relationships shape trends in gender and development?
