The Department of Population and International Health seeks to improve global health problems through education, research, and service from a population-based perspective. The department combines:
- the analysis of population and health intersections using quantitative and qualitative methods
- the investigation of policies that affect health
- a concern with the political economy of health and development
- social and economic development
- health policy, and demography
- design and financing of health care systems
- women’s health, reproductive health, and children’s health
- prevention and control of infectious and chronic diseases
- health equity and human rights, particularly in relation to health and population issues in developing countries