Middlebury

GHLT1016A-W25

Pandemic Preparedness

Pandemic Preparedness and Response
This course will examine the history of pandemics, beginning with the 1918 Influenza. The class will look at how individual countries were prepared for Covid19 (or not), and how they responded, how the global system for pandemic preparedness under the guidance of the WHO performed, and whether the lessons we drew from the Covid19 Pandemic experience will leave us better prepared for the next pandemic. In the case of the US, we will look at differential health outcomes for marginalized and other communities. Additional topics in this course will include healthcare ethics in the face of rationing; ethics and the global allocation of vaccines and therapeutics; global treaties governing pharmaceutical patents; and how politics plays a role in the dissemination of information vital for country response to outbreaks of concern, epidemics, and pandemics.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
11629
Subject Code:
GHLT
Course Number:
1016
Section Identifier:
A

Course

GHLT 1016

All Sections in Winter 2025

Winter 2025

GHLT1016A-W25 Lecture (Torres)