GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS: ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNANCE, FINANCING, AND WORKFORCE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing, or declared in the Capstone Certificate in Global Health Online Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze successful and unsuccessful global public health systems using at least five key components Audience: Graduate 2. Discuss the overlapping roles and governance structures of global health development and oversight organizations (e.g. World Health Organization, World Bank), NGOs (e.g. MSF: Médicins San Frontières) and governments (e.g. Ministries of Health, USAID: United States Agency for International Development ) Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate the ten action packages established by the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) for their potential abilities to enhance health and well-being around the world Audience: Graduate 4. Prioritize the ten action core principles of the Global Health Security Agenda 2024 framework for their role in addressing one global health issue of your choosing Audience: Graduate 5. Compare and contrast the abilities of different Global Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Health Systems to decrease the burden of disease of injury worldwide Audience: Graduate 6. Defend the concept that conflict, terrorism and natural disasters have a greater impact on the health of immigrant and displaced people than on more stable populations Audience: Graduate 7. Explain the challenges to the successful implementation of disaster management planning and response Audience: Graduate 8. Recommend and defend at least three ways that “brain drain” in global health workforce could be reduced Audience: Graduate 9. Explain how interprofessional collaboration impacts global workforce development Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze successful and unsuccessful global public health systems using at least five key components Audience: Graduate 2. Discuss the overlapping roles and governance structures of global health development and oversight organizations (e.g. World Health Organization, World Bank), NGOs (e.g. MSF: Médicins San Frontières) and governments (e.g. Ministries of Health, USAID: United States Agency for International Development ) Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate the ten action packages established by the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) for their potential abilities to enhance health and well-being around the world Audience: Graduate 4. Prioritize the ten action core principles of the Global Health Security Agenda 2024 framework for their role in addressing one global health issue of your choosing Audience: Graduate 5. Compare and contrast the abilities of different Global Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Health Systems to decrease the burden of disease of injury worldwide Audience: Graduate 6. Defend the concept that conflict, terrorism and natural disasters have a greater impact on the health of immigrant and displaced people than on more stable populations Audience: Graduate 7. Explain the challenges to the successful implementation of disaster management planning and response Audience: Graduate 8. Recommend and defend at least three ways that “brain drain” in global health workforce could be reduced Audience: Graduate 9. Explain how interprofessional collaboration impacts global workforce development Audience: Graduate