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Describe and analyze the opportunities, challenges and limits of Global Health Diplomacy. Examine the diplomatic, financial, and geopolitical context that underlies global health decision-making. Explain the role of the many players in the space, including governments, philanthropists, and multilateral institutions . Course Objective The field of global health is often thought of purely in medical or public health terms, but there are important geopolitical and policy dimensions of global health that underlie programmatic responses to global health challenges. By completing this course, learners will be able to explain the specific institutions and initiatives that are fundamental to current global health diplomacy activities and functions, and how these influence global health outcomes. Learners will further be able to summarize real-world examples where global health diplomacy either helped or limited global health outcomes, and explain the reasons for those outcomes.
This module will introduce you to the instructor, the concept of Global Health Diplomacy, and the major players in global health.
What's included
5 videos10 readings1 assignment4 discussion prompts
5 videos•Total 30 minutes
- Welcome and Introduction•4 minutes
- What is Global Health Diplomacy?•4 minutes
- Global Health Stakeholders•9 minutes
- The U.S. Government and Global Health Diplomacy•5 minutes
- Philanthropic Diplomacy•8 minutes
10 readings•Total 100 minutes
- (Recommended) Global Health Diplomacy: Advancing Foreign Policy and Global Health Interests•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) The Changing Landscape of Global Health Diplomacy•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Defining Health Diplomacy: Changing Demands in the Era of Globalization•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Mapping the Landscape in Global Health (series)•10 minutes
- (Recommended) The Global Health System: Actors, Norms, and Expectations in Transitions•10 minutes
- (Recommended) The Role of NGOs in the US Global Health Response•10 minutes
- VIDEO: (Supplemental) Prince Harry Attends AIDS 2016•10 minutes
- (Recommended) The New State Department Office of Global Health Diplomacy•10 minutes
- (Recommended) Global Health Philanthropy and Institutional Relationships: How Should Conflicts of Interest be Addressed?•10 minutes
- VIDEO: (Supplemental) Turning the Corner on AIDS – By Bill Gates•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 1 Quiz•30 minutes
4 discussion prompts•Total 40 minutes
- Lesson 1 - Discussion•10 minutes
- Lesson 2 Discussion•10 minutes
- Lesson 3 Discussion 1•10 minutes
- Lesson 3 Discussion 2•10 minutes
After completion of this module, you will be able to explain the multilateral institutions, and international health conferences and summits that form the policy environment in which global health diplomacy takes place.
What's included
4 videos6 readings1 assignment1 peer review3 discussion prompts
4 videos•Total 28 minutes
- Policy Setting Bodies•7 minutes
- Global goals: Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals•9 minutes
- (Supplemental) Video: “We The People” For The Global Goals•3 minutes
- Summits and Replenishments•9 minutes
6 readings•Total 60 minutes
- (Recommended) The G7 and Global Health: A Glass Half Full, but Undrunk•10 minutes
- (Recommended) Health in The Sustainable Development Goals: Ready for A Paradigm Shift?•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Country Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals•10 minutes
- VIDEO: (Supplemental) Behind the Scenes at the Global Vaccine Summit•10 minutes
- (Recommended) Refueling the Global Fund•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Replenishing GAVI in 2014: Options for U.S. Engagement•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 2 Quiz•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
- Summit Slide Presentation•120 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
- Lesson 6 - Discussion•10 minutes
- Lesson 7 Discussion•10 minutes
- Lesson 8 Discussion•10 minutes
The overall budget for global health has increased significantly in recent decades. After completion of this module, you will be able to answer the question: where does that funding come from, and where does it go?
What's included
5 videos9 readings1 assignment1 peer review9 discussion prompts
5 videos•Total 28 minutes
- How much does the world spend on global health?•3 minutes
- What does the U.S. Government spend on global health?•8 minutes
- What is the role of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in financing global health?•6 minutes
- Other major funders of global health•4 minutes
- How is the WHO funded?•7 minutes
9 readings•Total 90 minutes
- (Recommended) Donor Funding for Health in Low and Middle Income Countries•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Global Health Funding and Economic Development•10 minutes
- (Recommended) U.S. Government Engagement in Global Health: A Primer•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) U.S. Global Health Budget Tracker•10 minutes
- (Recommended) The Grand Impact of the Gates Foundation•10 minutes
- (Recommended) Power in Global Health Agenda Setting: The Role of Private Funding•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Financing Global Health 2015•10 minutes
- (Recommended) Funding WHO•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Investing in the World’s Health Organization•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 3 Quiz•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
- Essay•120 minutes
9 discussion prompts•Total 90 minutes
- Lesson 9 Discussion #1•10 minutes
- Lesson 9 Discussion #2•10 minutes
- Lesson 10 Discussion•10 minutes
- Lesson 11 Discussion #1•10 minutes
- Lesson 11 Discussion #2•10 minutes
- Lesson 11 Discussion #3•10 minutes
- Lesson 12 Discussion•10 minutes
- Lesson 13 Discussion #1•10 minutes
- Lesson 13 Discussion #2•10 minutes
In this module you will learn about several of the global health financing institutions that are at the core of global health diplomacy, as they require political engagement to both raise and disburse their funding.
What's included
4 videos16 readings1 assignment1 peer review7 discussion prompts
4 videos•Total 21 minutes
- The Global Fund•6 minutes
- Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations•4 minutes
- The World Bank•5 minutes
- Other Financing Mechanisms•6 minutes
16 readings•Total 160 minutes
- VIDEO: (Supplemental) The Global Fund: Be the Generation to Defeat AIDS, TB & Malaria ft Charlize Theron & Bono•10 minutes
- (Recommended) Global Fund profile•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Lives Saved by Global Fund•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) To Defeat AIDS, TB and Malaria: A New Generation of Financing Models•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Global immunization: status, progress, challenges and future•10 minutes
- (Recommended) GAVI Profile•10 minutes
- (Recommended) The U.S. and GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Replenishing GAVI in 2014: Options for US Engagement•10 minutes
- VIDEO: (Supplemental) Video Highlights of the GAVI Pledging Conference•10 minutes
- (Recommended) World Bank Profile•10 minutes
- (Recommended) The Changing Role of the World Bank in Global Health•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) New Global Finance Facility To Tackle Maternal and Child Health Launched•10 minutes
- Animated PowerPoint: (Supplemental) Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility Data Visualization•10 minutes
- Infographic: Innovating for Global Health•10 minutes
- (Recommended) UNITAID Profile•10 minutes
- (Recommended) Should UNITAID Rethink its Raison d’Etre?•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 4 Quiz•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
- Financing Institution Summary•120 minutes
7 discussion prompts•Total 70 minutes
- Lesson 14 Discussion #1•10 minutes
- Lesson 14 Discussion #2•10 minutes
- Lesson 15 Discussion #1•10 minutes
- Lesson 15 Discussion #2•10 minutes
- Lesson 16 Discussion•10 minutes
- Lesson 17 Discussion #1•10 minutes
- Lesson 17 Discussion #2•10 minutes
This module begins with defining the term “global health governance” and goes on to provide multiple case studies of the different types of governance mechanisms.
What's included
5 videos15 readings1 assignment1 peer review6 discussion prompts
5 videos•Total 26 minutes
- What is global health governance?•5 minutes
- How is the WHO governed?•6 minutes
- How is the Global Fund governed?•6 minutes
- How is the Global Polio Eradication Initiative governed?•5 minutes
- How are disease-specific initiatives governed?•4 minutes
15 readings•Total 150 minutes
- (Recommended) The Multiple Meanings of Global Health Governance: A Call for Conceptual Clarity•10 minutes
- (Recommended) A New Governance Space for Health•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) The Role of Economic Actors in Influencing Global Health Governance•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Combating Healthcare Corruption and Fraud with Improved Global Health Governance•10 minutes
- (Recommended) The Global Role of the World Health Organization•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Emergence of Multilateral Proto-Institutions in Global Health and New Approaches to Governance•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) The Limits of Global Health Diplomacy: Taiwan’s Observer Status at the World Health Assembly•10 minutes
- (Recommended) Lessons from the Global Fund Reform•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) The Global Fund Overview•10 minutes
- (Recommended) The Power of Straight Talk: The Polio Independent Monitoring Board•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Weekly polio virus case count•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Polio Independent Monitoring Board Report•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Achieving polio eradication: A review of health communication evidence and lessons learned in India and Pakistan•10 minutes
- (Recommended) The World Health Organization’s FCTC: An Analysis of Guidelines Adopted by the Conference of Parties•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Financial resources required for tuberculosis control to achieve global targets set for 2015•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 5 Quiz•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
- Global Health Initiative Presentation•120 minutes
6 discussion prompts•Total 60 minutes
- Lesson 18 Discussion•10 minutes
- Lesson 19 Discussion #1•10 minutes
- Lesson 19 Discussion #2•10 minutes
- Lesson 20 Discussion•10 minutes
- Lesson 21 Discussion•10 minutes
- Lesson 22 Discussion•10 minutes
This module begins with defining the term “global health security.” In each lesson, you will learn about a different aspect of global security.
What's included
7 videos17 readings1 assignment1 peer review8 discussion prompts
7 videos•Total 39 minutes
- What is global health security?•5 minutes
- Policy frameworks for global health security•8 minutes
- The West Africa Ebola Response, Part I•7 minutes
- The West Africa Ebola Response, Part II•6 minutes
- Post-Ebola: What has changed?•5 minutes
- Global health and geopolitics•4 minutes
- Global health diplomacy course wrap-up•5 minutes
17 readings•Total 170 minutes
- Lecture (Supplemental) TED Talk video "My wish: Help me stop pandemics"•10 minutes
- (Recommended) What is Global Health Security and why does it matter?•10 minutes
- (Recommended) The Global Health Security Agenda: A Snowy Promising Start•10 minutes
- (Recommended) Global Health Security Agenda•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Global Health Security Takes Vivid New Forms•10 minutes
- (Recommended) US and International Health Responses to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) An Introduction to Global Health and Global Health Ethics: Ebola 2014-2015•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Outbreaks Chronology: Ebola Virus Disease•10 minutes
- VIDEO: (Supplemental) A Global Coalition of Inaction•10 minutes
- (Recommended) The Ebola Outbreak of 2014-2015: From Coordinated Multilateral Action to Effective Disease Containment, Vaccine Development, and Beyond•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Together We Can Get to Zero•10 minutes
- (Recommended) Independent Panel of Global Experts Call for Critical Reform•10 minutes
- (Recommended) After the Ebola Catastrophe•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Report of Ebola Interim Assessment Pa•10 minutes
- (Recommended) MSF Demands Explanation in Hospital Bombing•10 minutes
- (Recommended) Polio and the CIA•10 minutes
- (Supplemental) Health Care in Danger: Making the Case•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Module 6 Quiz•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
- Essay•120 minutes
8 discussion prompts•Total 80 minutes
- Lesson 24 Discussion•10 minutes
- Lesson 25 Discussion #1•10 minutes
- Lesson 25 Discussion #2•10 minutes
- Lesson 26 Discussion #1•10 minutes
- Lesson 26 Discussion #2•10 minutes
- Lesson 27 Discussion•10 minutes
- Lesson 28 Discussion #1•10 minutes
- Lesson 28 Discussion #2•10 minutes
What's included
1 peer review
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
- Problem Solving Scenario•120 minutes
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