SIT Kenya: Global Health and Human Rights
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Program Information
Location
Kisumu, Kenya Coast
Terms
Fall, Spring
Languages
English, Kiswahili
Minimum Language Requirement
None; however, you must take the host language as one of your courses.
Areas of Focus
Arts & Humanities, Global Health, Social Sciences
Structure
Field-Based
Description
Examine how rapid urbanization is transforming access to and equity in healthcare and how tropical environments, social class, and culture shape health outcomes. This program examines health and human rights in Kenya through a complex constellation of urban issues including housing, urban infrastructures, land tenure, informal settlements, food (in)security in the city, and evictions. You will examine Kenya’s healthcare challenges, practices, and systems, in both rural and urban contexts, together with analyses of locally informed debates surrounding human rights.
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