GLOB HTH 709 / Refugee Health Policies and Practice

3 unit(s)

Prerequisite(s): Registration in the Masters in Global Health Program

Students will explore refugee health from a social determinants lens including causes and antecedents of refugee movements, current policies and practices about managing displacements within source countries and in receiving countries. Students will use web-based data sources for numeric and narrative information about refugee health. This will include non Canadian source data and a review of receiving country performance in meeting expectations as set out in the 1951 Convention relating to the status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol related to the status of Refugees.