As part of the McGill Summer Institutes in Global Health 2024, BRI-CEE researchers are excited to announce an upcoming online course on Health Systems Strengthening & Global Governance scheduled from June 3-7, 2024. Tailored for both working professionals in the field and students seeking to enrich their academic journey, this course provides an overview of a systems for health approach to understanding global health inequity. A conceptual framework that integrates the health systems building blocks with the interaction of social determinants of health and policies in other sectors form the basis of this course. The interactive sessions will be led by a faculty expert and will have opportunities for small breakout sessions. There will be short presentations by students regarding their breakout session discussions and assigned readings.
The course utilizes problem-based learning, case studies, comparative analysis, and practice exercises to engage learners in following topics:
- Introduction to health systems and unpacking perspectives
- Burden of disease and context of equity
- Equity, gender and global health challenges
- Sustainable and responsive human resources for health leadership
- Global governance and COVID-19
- Healthcare financing from a global perspective
- Health systems perspective on infectious diseases in developing countries and resource poor settings
Target Audience
This course is intended for health practitioners in a global context, researchers, and policy/decision makers to be able to integrate a systems for health and equity lens into their everyday work and activities. It is not critical for participants to come from a public health/healthcare background, but it does provide a foundational base to understanding some of the issues taught in the course.
Course Directors:
Janet Hatcher Roberts, BA, MSc
Adjunct Professor, University of Ottawa, School of Epidemiology and Public Health
Co-Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment for Health Equity
Innocent Ntaganira, MD, MSc, MA
WHO Collaborating Centre on Knowledge Translation and Technology Assessment in Health Equity
Member of the Advisory/Honorary Board of the Pegasus Institute
Srikanth Kondreddy, PhD
Adjunct Professor, University of Ottawa, School of Epidemiology and Public Health
Senior Fellow at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment in Health Equity
Founding member and Vice-president of Policy and Research with UrbanHealth360
For registration and more details, please click here.