Global Health Pol Governance

2 Credits · Level: Graduate

This course introduces the idea of a global health system focusing on global health architecture, the role of different global health actors in health policy, and its governance. We discuss the plurality and complexity in global health architecture and a few major global health actors in detail. We engage with the mandate and role of each of these actors in global health policy and governance and examine the trends in the influence of major global actors over the last few decades. We also critically engage with the idea of global health governance contextualizing it in health systems governance and globalization debates. We examine the current issues in global health governance surrounding equity, accountability, and transparency. The course concludes by introducing the idea and practice of decoloniality in global health systems governance, bringing in the issues of power, hierarchy, and politics of knowledge in medical and health systems and its impact on inequities in health care policies and outcomes.