Global Health Policy

Over the course of the last decade, global health has received dramatically increased attention, both as an emergent academic discipline and in terms of heightened policy salience.

This has become particularly emphasised considering the Covid-19 pandemic and the increasing impacts of anthropogenic climate change.

Global health concerns have become a central component of foreign, security, and development policy and of development and human rights agendas, and have reshaped debates regarding the social impacts of global economic and environmental change.

Finding answers to the key questions confronting global health policy and practice is vital. Through this programme, you will explore the issues that shape population health and build the knowledge and skills necessary to address them.

This programme explores a range of issues, including:

* the impact of globalisation

* the complex relationships between health objectives and the trade policies of leading states

* health systems reform in diverse contexts

You will learn to understand, critically appraise and apply key concepts and theories within policy studies, public health, and the wider social sciences.

Why Edinburgh?

Situated within the Global Health Policy Unit, this programme offers innovative research-led teaching that draws on academic expertise from various disciplines, including:

* social policy

* public health

* political science

* economics

* medicine

* sociology

* geography

* anthropology

Our location within the School of Social and Political Science gives students access to an academically challenging but friendly and supportive environment and diverse postgraduate courses offered in one of Europe’s leading centres of social science research.

This programme is affiliated with the University's Global Health Academy.