S1: 8:15 - 9:30 Global Health - Foundations
Speaker: Dr. Majid Sadigh
Method: Lecture
Objectives
At the end of this session, students should have gained an understanding of the
following:
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The mission and evolution of global health, from tropical medicine to planetary health.
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Social disparities and the critical role of social justice as a core element of global health.
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Different methods of assessment of the burden of diseases as well as availability of healthcare workers in different parts of the world.
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Sustainable development goals and their role in the global health arena.
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The most reliable global health resources and means of accessing them.
Link to powerpoint presentation:
Global Health & Social Disparities
Supplementary material:
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Robert Beaglehole and Ruth Bonita; What is global health? Global Health Action 2010, 3: 5142 - DOI: 10.3402/gha.v3i0.5142
2. Sustainable Development Report
Questions:
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Koplan et al. define global health as: ‘an area for study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving health equity for all people worldwide’.
a) What are your thoughts regarding this definition?
2.
The sum of mortality and morbidity is referred to as the 'burden of disease'
a) What metric should we use to measure it?
3.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity.
a) What are your top three SDG priorities for the global public?
b) What are the projected challenges to achieve them by 2030?
4.
Countries are ranked by their overall score. The overall score measures the total progress towards achieving all 17 SDGs. The score can be interpreted as a percentage of SDG achievement. A score of 100 indicates that all SDGs have been achieved.
a) What is the USA’s rank?
b) What is Somalia's rank?
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Countries are ranked by their spillover score. Each country's actions can have positive or negative effects on other countries' abilities to achieve the SDGs. The Spillover Index assesses such spillovers along three dimensions: environmental & social impacts embodied into trade, economy & finance, and security. A higher score means that a country causes more positive and fewer negative spillover effects.
a) What is the USA’s rank?
b) What is Somalia's rank?