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Global Health Diplomacy
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 30 hours
  • Course by The State University of New York
  • Offered by

About

Having completed this course, learners will be able to: 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.

Modules

1. Welcome and Introduction

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Lesson 1 - Discussion

1 Videos

  • Welcome and Introduction

2. What is global health diplomacy?

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Lesson 2 Discussion

1 Videos

  • What is Global Health Diplomacy?

3 Readings

  • (Recommended) Global Health Diplomacy: Advancing Foreign Policy and Global Health Interests
  • (Supplemental) The Changing Landscape of Global Health Diplomacy
  • (Supplemental) Defining Health Diplomacy: Changing Demands in the Era of Globalization

3. Global Health Stakeholders

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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2 Discussions

  • Lesson 3 Discussion 1
  • Lesson 3 Discussion 2

1 Videos

  • Global Health Stakeholders

4 Readings

  • (Supplemental) Mapping the Landscape in Global Health (series)
  • (Recommended) The Global Health System: Actors, Norms, and Expectations in Transitions
  • (Recommended) The Role of NGOs in the US Global Health Response
  • VIDEO: (Supplemental) Prince Harry Attends AIDS 2016

4. The U.S. Government and Global Health Diplomacy

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • The U.S. Government and Global Health Diplomacy

1 Readings

  • (Recommended) The New State Department Office of Global Health Diplomacy

5. Philanthropic Diplomacy

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Module 1 Quiz

1 Videos

  • Philanthropic Diplomacy

2 Readings

  • (Recommended) Global Health Philanthropy and Institutional Relationships: How Should Conflicts of Interest be Addressed?
  • VIDEO: (Supplemental) Turning the Corner on AIDS – By Bill Gates

6. Policy Setting Bodies

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Lesson 6 - Discussion

1 Videos

  • Policy Setting Bodies

1 Readings

  • (Recommended) The G7 and Global Health: A Glass Half Full, but Undrunk

7. Global Goals

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Lesson 7 Discussion

2 Videos

  • Global goals: Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals
  • (Supplemental) Video: “We The People” For The Global Goals

2 Readings

  • (Recommended) Health in The Sustainable Development Goals: Ready for A Paradigm Shift?
  • (Supplemental) Country Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals

8. Summits and Replenishments

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Module 2 Quiz

1 Discussions

  • Lesson 8 Discussion

1 Videos

  • Summits and Replenishments

3 Readings

  • VIDEO: (Supplemental) Behind the Scenes at the Global Vaccine Summit
  • (Recommended) Refueling the Global Fund
  • (Supplemental) Replenishing GAVI in 2014: Options for U.S. Engagement

Module 2 Activity

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Summit Slide Presentation

9. How much does the world spend on global health?

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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2 Discussions

  • Lesson 9 Discussion #1
  • Lesson 9 Discussion #2

1 Videos

  • How much does the world spend on global health?

2 Readings

  • (Recommended) Donor Funding for Health in Low and Middle Income Countries
  • (Supplemental) Global Health Funding and Economic Development

10. What does the U.S. Government spend on global health?

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Lesson 10 Discussion

1 Videos

  • What does the U.S. Government spend on global health?

2 Readings

  • (Recommended) U.S. Government Engagement in Global Health: A Primer
  • (Supplemental) U.S. Global Health Budget Tracker

11. What is the role of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in financing global health?

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 3 Discussion
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3 Discussions

  • Lesson 11 Discussion #1
  • Lesson 11 Discussion #2
  • Lesson 11 Discussion #3

1 Videos

  • What is the role of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in financing global health?

2 Readings

  • (Recommended) The Grand Impact of the Gates Foundation
  • (Recommended) Power in Global Health Agenda Setting: The Role of Private Funding

12. Other major funders of global health

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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  • Lesson 12 Discussion

1 Videos

  • Other major funders of global health

1 Readings

  • (Supplemental) Financing Global Health 2015

13. How is the WHO funded?

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Module 3 Quiz

2 Discussions

  • Lesson 13 Discussion #1
  • Lesson 13 Discussion #2

1 Videos

  • How is the WHO funded?

2 Readings

  • (Recommended) Funding WHO
  • (Supplemental) Investing in the World’s Health Organization

Module 3 Activity

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Essay

14. The Global Fund

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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2 Discussions

  • Lesson 14 Discussion #1
  • Lesson 14 Discussion #2

1 Videos

  • The Global Fund

4 Readings

  • VIDEO: (Supplemental) The Global Fund: Be the Generation to Defeat AIDS, TB & Malaria ft Charlize Theron & Bono
  • (Recommended) Global Fund profile
  • (Supplemental) Lives Saved by Global Fund
  • (Supplemental) To Defeat AIDS, TB and Malaria: A New Generation of Financing Models

15. Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations

    • 1 Videos
    • 5 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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2 Discussions

  • Lesson 15 Discussion #1
  • Lesson 15 Discussion #2

1 Videos

  • Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations

5 Readings

  • (Supplemental) Global immunization: status, progress, challenges and future
  • (Recommended) GAVI Profile
  • (Recommended) The U.S. and GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance
  • (Supplemental) Replenishing GAVI in 2014: Options for US Engagement
  • VIDEO: (Supplemental) Video Highlights of the GAVI Pledging Conference

16. World Bank

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Lesson 16 Discussion

1 Videos

  • The World Bank

4 Readings

  • (Recommended) World Bank Profile
  • (Recommended) The Changing Role of the World Bank in Global Health
  • (Supplemental) New Global Finance Facility To Tackle Maternal and Child Health Launched
  • Animated PowerPoint: (Supplemental) Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility Data Visualization

17. Other Financing mechanisms

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Module 4 Quiz

2 Discussions

  • Lesson 17 Discussion #1
  • Lesson 17 Discussion #2

1 Videos

  • Other Financing Mechanisms

3 Readings

  • Infographic: Innovating for Global Health
  • (Recommended) UNITAID Profile
  • (Recommended) Should UNITAID Rethink its Raison d’Etre?

Module 4 Activity

    • 1 PeerReview
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  • Financing Institution Summary

18. What is global health governance?

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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  • Lesson 18 Discussion

1 Videos

  • What is global health governance?

4 Readings

  • (Recommended) The Multiple Meanings of Global Health Governance: A Call for Conceptual Clarity
  • (Recommended) A New Governance Space for Health
  • (Supplemental) The Role of Economic Actors in Influencing Global Health Governance
  • (Supplemental) Combating Healthcare Corruption and Fraud with Improved Global Health Governance

19. How is the WHO governed?

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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2 Discussions

  • Lesson 19 Discussion #1
  • Lesson 19 Discussion #2

1 Videos

  • How is the WHO governed?

3 Readings

  • (Recommended) The Global Role of the World Health Organization
  • (Supplemental) Emergence of Multilateral Proto-Institutions in Global Health and New Approaches to Governance
  • (Supplemental) The Limits of Global Health Diplomacy: Taiwan’s Observer Status at the World Health Assembly

20. How is the Global Fund governed?

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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  • Lesson 20 Discussion

1 Videos

  • How is the Global Fund governed?

2 Readings

  • (Recommended) Lessons from the Global Fund Reform
  • (Supplemental) The Global Fund Overview

21. How is the Global Polio Eradication Initiative governed?

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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  • Lesson 21 Discussion

1 Videos

  • How is the Global Polio Eradication Initiative governed?

4 Readings

  • (Recommended) The Power of Straight Talk: The Polio Independent Monitoring Board
  • (Supplemental) Weekly polio virus case count
  • (Supplemental) Polio Independent Monitoring Board Report
  • (Supplemental) Achieving polio eradication: A review of health communication evidence and lessons learned in India and Pakistan

22. How are disease-specific initiatives governed?

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Module 5 Quiz

1 Discussions

  • Lesson 22 Discussion

1 Videos

  • How are disease-specific initiatives governed?

2 Readings

  • (Recommended) The World Health Organization’s FCTC: An Analysis of Guidelines Adopted by the Conference of Parties
  • (Supplemental) Financial resources required for tuberculosis control to achieve global targets set for 2015

Module 5 Activity

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Global Health Initiative Presentation

23. What is global health security?

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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1 Videos

  • What is global health security?

2 Readings

  • Lecture (Supplemental) TED Talk video "My wish: Help me stop pandemics"
  • (Recommended) What is Global Health Security and why does it matter?

24. Policy frameworks for global health security

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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  • Lesson 24 Discussion

1 Videos

  • Policy frameworks for global health security

3 Readings

  • (Recommended) The Global Health Security Agenda: A Snowy Promising Start
  • (Recommended) Global Health Security Agenda
  • (Supplemental) Global Health Security Takes Vivid New Forms

25. The West Africa Ebola Response, Part I

    • 1 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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2 Discussions

  • Lesson 25 Discussion #1
  • Lesson 25 Discussion #2

1 Videos

  • The West Africa Ebola Response, Part I

4 Readings

  • (Recommended) US and International Health Responses to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
  • (Supplemental) An Introduction to Global Health and Global Health Ethics: Ebola 2014-2015
  • (Supplemental) Outbreaks Chronology: Ebola Virus Disease
  • VIDEO: (Supplemental) A Global Coalition of Inaction

26. The West Africa Ebola Response, Part II

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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2 Discussions

  • Lesson 26 Discussion #1
  • Lesson 26 Discussion #2

1 Videos

  • The West Africa Ebola Response, Part II

2 Readings

  • (Recommended) The Ebola Outbreak of 2014-2015: From Coordinated Multilateral Action to Effective Disease Containment, Vaccine Development, and Beyond
  • (Supplemental) Together We Can Get to Zero

27. Post-Ebola: What has changed?

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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  • Lesson 27 Discussion

1 Videos

  • Post-Ebola: What has changed?

3 Readings

  • (Recommended) Independent Panel of Global Experts Call for Critical Reform
  • (Recommended) After the Ebola Catastrophe
  • (Supplemental) Report of Ebola Interim Assessment Pa

28. Global health and geopolitics

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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  • Lesson 28 Discussion #1
  • Lesson 28 Discussion #2

1 Videos

  • Global health and geopolitics

3 Readings

  • (Recommended) MSF Demands Explanation in Hospital Bombing
  • (Recommended) Polio and the CIA
  • (Supplemental) Health Care in Danger: Making the Case

29. Global health diplomacy course wrap-up

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Module 6 Quiz

1 Videos

  • Global health diplomacy course wrap-up

Module 6 Activity

    • 1 PeerReview
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  • Essay

Problem Solving Scenario

    • 1 PeerReview
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  • Problem Solving Scenario

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Explore the intricate world of Global Health Diplomacy with this foundational course in Personal Development. Led by Coursera, it delves into the diplomatic, financial, and geopolitical contexts influencing global health decisions. Over 1800 minutes, learners will analyze the roles of governments, philanthropists, and multilateral institutions, examining real-world examples of diplomacy's impact on health outcomes. Subscription options include Starter and Professional tiers, catering to individuals keen on understanding the policy dimensions of global health. Ideal for those looking to enhance their knowledge and impact in global health strategies.

Gabrielle Fitzgerald
Instructors

Gabrielle Fitzgerald

Peter Small
Instructors

Peter Small