Handbook

Introduction to Global Health aims to provide you with an overview of the context and key issues around global health, as well as how the governance of global health has evolved over time including a review of the establishment of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Declaration of Alma-Ata on Primary Health Care, the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, and the Millennium Development Goals. The course will also take a critical look at the WHO health system building blocks and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their targets as integral components of Global Health.

This course will reflect on health issues at the national, regional, and international levels. Cutting across each of the levels will be a focus on the social determinants of health. You will explore the determinants, actors and governance processes impacting global health through both a theoretical and case study lens. The course will discuss the most critical global health challenges and how these challenges have changed over time while reflecting on the likely determinants of such changes.