Global Health: An Interdisciplinary Overview

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• Introduction
• WelcometoGlobalHealth:AnInterdisciplinaryOverview!Thiscourseconsistsofthe course guides, including discussion forum activities and assessments, along with presentations byarangeofpresenters,fromtheUniversityofGeneva,TheGraduateInstitute,WHO, UNDP,WTO,IUCN,MedicinesPatentPool,amongothers.Youwillbenefitfromthe insights and perspectives of multiple contributors involved in global health research, teaching, policyandpracticeacrossdisciplinesandsectors.Yourenjoymentandbenefitsfromthe course will above all depend on your participation within this course, and we very much look forward to your participation through the discussion forums. Enjoy the course!
• Introduction to Global Health concepts
• This module will introduce the concept of global health. Global health is a relatively new field and there is currently some debate over its definition.
• Emerging Trends in Global Health: Infectious Diseases
• There are 7 parts to module 3. Lessons 3 & 4 are both introductory sections that describe key concepts necessary to understand infectious diseases and how we deal with them. Lesson 5 constitutes the core lesson of module 3. This lesson focuses on the current global situation and future challenges for the most prominent infectious diseases of the world. In lessons 6-9 we discuss neglected tropical diseases, re-emerging infectious diseases and epidemics/pandemics. Finally, lesson 10 and 10b summarize module 3 in a set of key conclusions.
• Emerging Trends in Global Health: Non-Communicable Diseases and Disability
• In this module we consider the rise of non-communicable (NCDs) diseases across countries, along withmentaldisordersanddisability.
• Governance for Global Health, Health Systems and Financing
• This module is concernedwith the global health system (which refers to responsesto health conditionsor the preventionof these)and the managementof this systemthroughglobal health governance.
• Foreign Policy, Trade and Health
• Health policy has undergone profound changes during the last few decades. Although health has for a long time been an issue in international relations, it was for most of the 20th century perceivedas a nationaland technicalmatter. This meant that solutionsto health problems were seen to require primarily scientific and technological collaboration rather than political commitment. Along with the dramaticchangesassociated with globalisation,health is increasinglyseen as a higher priority on internationalpolitical agendas.
  In Module 6, we discuss what triggered this political ‘revolution’ anditsimplications.
• Research, Development, Innovation and Technology for Global Health
• This module addresses the lack of attention to research and development for medicines and technologies for diseases that disproportionately affect developingcountries and all the issues related to drug development and intellectual property rights.
• The Environment, Sustainable Development and Health
• In this module we consider the relationship between the environment, sustainable development and health.

• Introduction
• WelcometoGlobalHealth:AnInterdisciplinaryOverview!Thiscourseconsistsofthe course guides, including discussion forum activities and assessments, along with presentations byarangeofpresenters,fromtheUniversityofGeneva,TheGraduateInstitute,WHO, UNDP,WTO,IUCN,MedicinesPatentPool,amongothers.Youwillbenefitfromthe insights and perspectives of multiple contributors involved in global health research, teaching, policyandpracticeacrossdisciplinesandsectors.Yourenjoymentandbenefitsfromthe course will above all depend on your participation within this course, and we very much look forward to your participation through the discussion forums. Enjoy the course!
• Introduction to Global Health concepts
• This module will introduce the concept of global health. Global health is a relatively new field and there is currently some debate over its definition.
• Emerging Trends in Global Health: Infectious Diseases
• There are 7 parts to module 3. Lessons 3 & 4 are both introductory sections that describe key concepts necessary to understand infectious diseases and how we deal with them. Lesson 5 constitutes the core lesson of module 3. This lesson focuses on the current global situation and future challenges for the most prominent infectious diseases of the world. In lessons 6-9 we discuss neglected tropical diseases, re-emerging infectious diseases and epidemics/pandemics. Finally, lesson 10 and 10b summarize module 3 in a set of key conclusions.
• Emerging Trends in Global Health: Non-Communicable Diseases and Disability
• In this module we consider the rise of non-communicable (NCDs) diseases across countries, along withmentaldisordersanddisability.
• Governance for Global Health, Health Systems and Financing
• This module is concernedwith the global health system (which refers to responsesto health conditionsor the preventionof these)and the managementof this systemthroughglobal health governance.
• Foreign Policy, Trade and Health
• Health policy has undergone profound changes during the last few decades. Although health has for a long time been an issue in international relations, it was for most of the 20th century perceivedas a nationaland technicalmatter. This meant that solutionsto health problems were seen to require primarily scientific and technological collaboration rather than political commitment. Along with the dramaticchangesassociated with globalisation,health is increasinglyseen as a higher priority on internationalpolitical agendas.
  In Module 6, we discuss what triggered this political ‘revolution’ anditsimplications.
• Research, Development, Innovation and Technology for Global Health
• This module addresses the lack of attention to research and development for medicines and technologies for diseases that disproportionately affect developingcountries and all the issues related to drug development and intellectual property rights.
• The Environment, Sustainable Development and Health
• In this module we consider the relationship between the environment, sustainable development and health.