Policy and Global Health
The United States is working with other countries on the “Global Health Security Agenda” which was launched in February 2014 with goals to strengthen countries’ public health capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats. For more details, please review this article on U.S Government and Global Health Security.
Case Assignment
In Biggest Global Security Issues Within the Context of Health?, we see Sir Richard Feachem, Director of the Global Health Group at UCSF, talk about the most important security issues in Global Health today. - Transcript Sir Richard Feachem created this video 6 years before COVID-19 made its debut, which makes this video even more timely today. Since COVID-19’s emergence, there have been over 2,000 variants of the virus, 22 of which are currently being monitored. CDC COVID Data Tracker: Summary of Variant Surveillance
More specific to global health security as a policy, Dr. Price, U.S. Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services discusses the role of the U.S. in fostering this policy agenda. -- Transcript
- Discuss how global policy can impact health programs and services as it relates to environmental sustainability. Conduct an additional literature search as needed to support your perspective.
- Take the Global Health Policy Quiz. In at least 1 page, please discuss how well you did (or didn't do). Which answers surprised you? What did you learn? How will you use your new level of awareness?
Length: 2–3 pages (excluding the cover page and reference list), double-spaced.