ORL BIO 229B

Anthropological Perspectives on Global Health: Implications for Oral Biology and Medicine

Oral Biology · 2 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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What factors determine health, illness, and disease in global context, including political ecology of infectious diseases, child health issues, women’s health and reproductive health, global trade in legal and illegal drugs, demography and health transition, structural adjustment, problems associated with globalization of pharmaceutical industry; antibiotic resistance, and globalization and health equity.

Letter grading.

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Winter 2026
Winter 2027

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