Global Education Partners
The Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility offers two international global health courses that provide students with immersive experiences meant to broaden their understanding of health care delivery and practice.
Our courses are taught in partnership with local experts and built on years-long relationships to provide education that’s grounded in community-based teachings and ethical approaches to global health.
Mysore, India
Our India: Global Health, Globalization & Leadership Course emphasizes the significance of social determinants of health in a globalized world, with a focus on health systems, economic growth, and development, and their effects on wellbeing.
The course takes place in Mysore and is offered in partnerships with the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM) and Vivekananda Institute of Indian Studies (VIIS), a unit of SVYM.
Quito, Ecuador
Ecuador: Social, Environmental, and Cultural Determinants of Health allows students to learn about public health & health care infrastructure in Ecuador, including western & Indigenous health practices.
This course takes place in Quito and is offered in partnership with Fundación Cimas del Ecuador, a nonprofit organization that provides academic programs for students around the world.