Global Health Security: Policies and Organisations
Learn about global health security and how international health policies and organisations help protect public health.
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How it works
Global Health Security: Policies and Organisations
Foster global health security with Taipei Medical University
With the rapid advance of technology and the rise of big data, twentieth-century health issues have become globalised. That makes global health security an issue of vital importance everywhere.
This six-week course from Taipei Medical University provides an overview of global health security and the policies and organisations that promote it.
Paying particular attention to the Global Health Security Agenda and International Health Regulation, you’ll learn how international cooperation can help prevent the spread of diseases and protect public health.
Explore SDG 3 and global health security from a regulatory perspective.
You’ll start the course by tracing the history of international health regulations, and the organisations that determine them.
You will learn about disease control, international cooperation, public health infrastructure, emergency preparedness and gain insights into how regulations are formulated.
Unpack health policies including the GHSA and the PIP
Next you’ll home in on two crucial contemporary policies: the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) and the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) framework.
You’ll examine the different goals of the two regulations, and some of the controversial issues they are tasked with resolving.
Explore the impact of COVID-19 on global health governance
Over the four weeks of the course, you’ll focus on one particularly important case study: the COVID-19 pandemic.
As you explore changing approaches to infectious disease control, you’ll learn how the world’s experience of the pandemic has helped shape global health governance.
By the end of the course, you’ll have the knowledge you need to play your own part in tackling infectious diseases and fostering health security all around the world.
Syllabus
Week 1
Health Services Research, Community Health Indicators, and Health Policy
Linking Global Health Security Initiatives to SDG3
We will start with course introduction and briefly look into Sustainable Development Goal 3: good health and wellbeing.
Health Services, Policy, and Community Health
Professor will explore health services research, policy analysis, and community health indicators. She emphasizes effectiveness, efficiency, and equity in health policy and outlines elements for assessing community health.
Empowering Communities: Assessing Health Indicators
Assessing community health indicators informs understanding, empowers communities, guides decision-making, promotes collective action, and utilizes various research methods and tools.
Week 2
Global Health: Legal Perspectives
International Health Regulations
The professor will delve into International Health Regulations, highlighting the pivotal role of law in safeguarding public health worldwide.
FCRC and UNFCCC
Professor Tsai will discuss international regulations: Framework Convention on Tobacco Control for unhealthy goods, and UNFCCC for pollution.
Week 3
Fostering Global Health Security
Fostering Global Health Security: Evolving Policies and the WHO's Vital Role
This week, we will explore several topics in global health security, including how organizations develop global health strategies and briefly introduce the WHO.
Week 4
Global Health Security Agenda
Fusing GHSA Capacity and International Health Regulations for Global Health Securit
This week we will explore GHSA and IHR for Global Health Securityand find out how to enhance global health safety.
Week 5
The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework
The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework
The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework is a global initiative established by the World Health Organization (WHO) to enhance worldwide readiness for managing large-scale influenza outbreaks.
Week 6
Changing Patterns of Global Health Governance in Infectious Disease Control
Global Health Security and COVID-19
In this session, you will learn about the critical issues and its impact as a Global Health Security Challenge.
Final Reveiw
This will be the last part of this course. Have a quick review to reflect your learning.
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What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Describe the history of international health regulations.
- Explore global health organizations, what they are for and what they are doing.
- Explain what PIP framework is, and how it contribute to global health.
- Summarise the Current Global health security threat, and how to face them.
- Explore the regulation and implementation of important areas of public health from the regulatory level.
- Explore legislative background, health law and its impact on policy implementation.
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for anyone interested in understanding and fostering global health security.
You don’t need any prior knowledge or experience to enrol in this course.
Who will you learn with?
Professor and Director,
Master Program in Global Health and Health Security
Taipei Medical University
Who developed the course?
Taipei Medical University
Taipei Medical University (TMU) has been a leader in Taiwan’s healthcare system for over half a century due to its research, teaching excellence, internationalization and outstanding medical service.
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