Critically analyze global health challenges and priorities, incorporating evidence-based approaches to assess their impact on health outcomes across diverse populations and settings.

Analysis

Enquiry



Evaluate the role of global health governance, policy frameworks, and diplomacy in addressing inequalities and promoting cooperation to improve health outcomes worldwide.

Analysis


Apply advanced strategies and ethical principles to design interventions aimed at strengthening healthcare systems in resource-limited settings, incorporating cultural considerations and community engagement.

Problem-Solving

Application



Critically assess the complexities of responding to humanitarian crises, proposing evidence-based strategies to mitigate public health challenges in these contexts.

Analysis

Problem-Solving

Application

Case Study Presentation – Critically analysing a humanitarian crisis of your choice and its impact upon public health, including consideration of relevant international policy, health inequalities and propose evidence-based strategies to mitigate potential challenges.

This assessment will cover all learning outcomes.

Definitions and scope of global health

Key global health challenges and priorities

Global Health Governance and Policy

Global health diplomacy and cooperation

Impact of globalization, poverty, and inequity on health outcomes

Addressing health disparities in low- and middle-income countries

Strategies for strengthening healthcare systems in resource-limited settings

Role of community health workers and primary healthcare

Global strategies for disease eradication and control (e.g., malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis)

Challenges in vaccine distribution and immunization programs

Response to natural disasters, conflicts, and refugee crises

Public health challenges in humanitarian settings

Ethical considerations in global health research and practice

Safeguarding & extremism in the global context.

Addressing cultural competence and ethical dilemmas in humanitarian contexts

Effects of climate change on global health (e.g., vector-borne diseases, food security)

Mitigation and adaptation strategies in public health

This module focuses on public health within the global and humanitarian context. Explore governance, diplomacy, and policies influencing health outcomes, addressing disparities in low- and middle-income countries. Learn strategies for strengthening healthcare systems, disease control efforts, and managing humanitarian crises. Understand ethical considerations, cultural competence, and the impact of climate change on global health, emphasizing mitigation and adaptation strategies in public health.

Key concepts will be delivered through lead lectures delivered through the university’s Virtual Learning Environment. This will then be followed by online synchronous discussion groups/seminars allowing learners to explore key issues and discuss the application to their particular working contexts.

Benatar, S. (2021). Global Health: Ethical Challenges (2nd ed). Cambridge University Press.



Bergen, A.P. van et al. (2019) ‘The association between social exclusion or inclusion and health in EU and OECD countries: a systematic review’, European journal of public health, 29(3), pp. 575–582.



Sphere (2018) The Sphere Handbook: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response. [online] available at https://handbook.spherestandards.org/en/sphere/#ch001

Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

Online learning resources and guides

Library and academic resources

Recorded supplementary material