COBH 2000

ESSENTIALS

Teaches the essential skills, strategies, and expertise necessary to improve and advance low-resource settings. Provides an overview of selected International Health needs and current improvement strategies. The international need, theory/current technology, and construction of water filters, cook stoves/food preservation, sanitary toilets, and basic shelters are covered. Basic construction techniques from low-resource settings are used to construct various shelters. Additional topics ranging from micro-economies, malaria control, and global resources are introduced. Admission to Public Health Major.

Units: 3.0