B8157 - CHALLENGES TO GLOBAL HEALTH

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students will understand the challenges that the promotion of global health poses to states at the national level and in the context of their relations with other states, bilaterally, regionally and multilaterally. Students will also be able to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies adopted at the national and international level in order promote global health, their strengths and limits, and their impact on the dynamics of conflict and cooperation between states.

Course contents

The course is organised in two parts.
The course will start with a lecture format. Students are expected to have read and digested the core readings provided in advance, and prepared for the class discussion.
The second part will consist of sessions organised around presentations of individual student work. These presentations will be organised in the form of a round-table discussion or debate. These sessions will be facilitated by students. Students should submit their chosen topic of presentation to the course conductor by the first part of the course.


1. Introduction: What is Global Health?
2. Contemporary challenges in Global Health
3. Global Health Law
4. Global Health Governance
5. Social Determinants of Health


6-10 Student Presentations

Readings/Bibliography

Packard, R. 2016. A History of Global Health: Interventions into the Lives of Other People. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Recommended:
Sethia, B and Kumar, P. 2019. Essentials of Global Health. Dordrecht: Elsevier.

Teaching methods

Lecture and student presentations 

Assessment methods

presentatipon and discussion 50%

essay submission 50% 

Teaching tools

lecture slides 

readings

videos 

Office hours

See the website of Hanako Umezawa