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The Department of International
Health's mission is to improve the health of populations
in resource-poor and transitional economies through
teaching, research, and service activities. Members
of the faculty are drawn from public health, clinical,
and social/behavioral sciences to provide a multidisciplinary
faculty that can address the complex issues of health
and development and meet the needs of a diverse student
body.
The department
has historical strengths in management and finance issues
in developing countries and pharmaceutical policy issues,
as well as the largest focus of any American school
of public health on the needs of the states of the former
Soviet Union. Increased emphasis on issues related to
infectious diseases (particularly HIV/AIDS, malaria,
and pneumonia) draws largely on the active research
program of BUSPH's Center for International Health and
Development (CIHD).
Faculty are involved in major research
projects designed to identify and resolve economic,
clinical, and behavioral issues in more than 15 countries,
with a focus on activities in Africa and Asia. There
are specific research programs on child survival, the
social and economic impacts of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and
pharmaceutical policy issues. CIHD is the host institution
of the BUSPH/Harvard Medical School WHO Collaborating
Center for Pharmaceutical Policy.
With an active, multidisciplinary
faculty involved in teaching, research, and service,
and a large and diverse student body, the Department
of International Health offers both mid-career and entering
public health professionals an opportunity to engage
in a high-quality educational program that will prepare
them to address the needs of populations worldwide.
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Boston University School of Public Health 