Global Health in Costa Rica
Please note this program is an unpaid global health education program. There is a program fee required to participate. This program fee pays for on-site services such a lodging, language classes (if relevent), 24/7 emergency support, coordination of rotations and/or placements, and on-site staff. CFHI is a nonprofit organization committed to fair-trade partnerships around the world. Please use the following code when applying for a program on the CFHI website "HandshakeCFHI" in order to have the application fee waived.
This program is currently available only to custom groups. Contact robin@cfhi.org if you are interested in learning more.
Global health as a field of study has emerged as a priority for the social and biological sciences. The global health field highlights the international dimension of current health issues, emphasizing a holistic understanding of each socio-cultural and environmental context. In addition, global health captures the need to work in collaboration, emphasizing a multisectoral and transdisciplinary approach to manage the transcultural and sometimes trans-bordering dimensions of worldwide health inequities.
This one-week program is embedded in some of the pressing grand challenges in the field of global health: achieving universal health care, increasing migration, and the demographic, nutritional, and epidemiological transition. Through a firsthand, interactive, immersive and enriching academic experience participants will be immersed in activities that facilitate the internalization of the concepts of global health and sustainable development.
With the development of a variety of learning formats such as community engagement, site visits, and workshops this program will provide students with a broad understanding of health and the social, political, cultural, behavioral and economic forces that influence health access, health outcomes, and health systems. Participants will be able to experience the multiple components that determine health, expanding their competencies within an ethically responsible and participatory approach.