BHS380 Module 4 Case
Module 4 – Case
GLOBAL HEALTH REGULATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND GOVERNANCE
Assignment Overview
Policy and Global Health
The United States is working with other countries on the Global Health Security Agenda which was launched in February 2014 with goals to strengthen countries public health capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats. For more details, please review: https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/issue-brief/the-u-s-government-and-global-health-security/
Case Assignment
In this video, we see world leaders address global health challenges in relation to health policies/regulations among other factors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jUIDNoAdk0
More specific to global health security as a policy, Dr. Price, U.S. Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services discusses the role of the U.S. in fostering this policy agenda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5giVuNKPil0
Discuss how global policy can impact health programs and services as it relates to environmental sustainability. Conduct an additional literature search as needed to support your perspective.
Take the Global Health Policy Quiz at http://kff.org/quiz/global-health-policy-quiz/. In at least 1 page, please discuss how well you did (or didn’t do). Which answers surprised you? What did you learn? How will you use your new level of awareness?
Length: 23 pages (excluding the cover page and reference list), double-spaced.
Assignment Expectations
Assessment and Grading: Your paper will be assessed based on the performance assessment rubric. You can view it under Assessments at the top of the page. Review it before you begin working on the assignment. Your work should also follow these Assignment Expectations.
Module 4 – Background
GLOBAL HEALTH REGULATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND GOVERNANCE
Required Reading
Clark, W. C., Szlezk, N. A., Moon, S., Bloom, B. R., Keusch, G. T., Michaud, C. M.,…Kilama, W. L. (2010).
The Global Health System
: Institutions in a Time of Transition. Retrieved from
https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/32062576/193.pdf?sequence=1
World Health Organization. (2017).
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health 2016 annual report: Coming of age in a time of transition
. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/pmnch/knowledge/publications/progress_report2016.pdf
Chorev, N. (2016). International health organizations as purposive and strategic actors: Theoretical gains and methodological implications.Hygiea Internationalis,13(1), 1947.
Edelstein, M., Lee, L. M., Herten-Crabb, A., Heymann, D. L., & Harper, D. R. (2018). Strengthening Global Public Health Surveillance through Data and Benefit Sharing.Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(7), 13241330. doi:10.3201/eid2407.151830
