Certificate of Achievement

Victoria Hewitt

has completed the following course:

Building Alliances in Global Health: From Global Institutions to Local Communities

Johns Hopkins University and STRIPE

Using the polio eradication effort as a case study, the course addressed political advocacy, policymaking, health communications, and community engagement. The course explored the politics and interpersonal relations required to build and implement a global health program. Topics included building global alliances and engaging national governments; policy engagement in conflict settings; health communication and behavior change; and community engagement and social mobilization.

5 weeks, 3 hours per week

Olakunle Alonge

Principal Investigator, Synthesis and Translation of Research and Innovations from Polio Eradication (STRIPE)

Johns Hopkins University

Svea Closser

Associate Professor of International Health

STRIPE

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Discuss the value of and best practices for building alliances
  • Identify and engage a wide variety of stakeholders in the policy and planning processes
  • Apply communication and health behavior change strategies to disease eradication programs
  • Reflect upon and apply the lessons learned from the polio eradication effort

Syllabus

• Building global alliances and engaging national governments
• Policy, process, stakeholders, and context for vaccination programs and eradication
• Policy engagement in conflict settings
• Health communications and behavior change
• Community engagement and social mobilization
• Applying lessons from polio eradication to non-polio efforts

Issued on 25th September 2021

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Free online course:

Building Alliances in Global Health: From Global Institutions to Local Communities

Johns Hopkins University