Kommentar |
What is global health governance and how does it differ from other issue areas in world politics? Who are the most important actors in global health? What role do international organizations (IOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play in global health governance in general, and in the management of health crises such as pandemics in particular? And in how far have responses to previous health crises by the international community shaped today's global health governance architecture?
This seminar is guided by these questions. The course starts with an introduction to global health governance and an overview of the (responses to) recent health crises. The seminar then turns to the actors in field: First, we zoom in on the World Health Organization (WHO) and its performance in several health crises. Second, we look at various other IOs who are active in global health and in the management of health crises, including the United Nations (UN), the World Bank, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Third, we turn to non-state actors in the field and detail the efforts by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in global health governance and the management of health crises. The course concludes with a review session. |
Bemerkung |
The seminar is conducted mostly through on-site teaching with a few asynchronous online sessions. The e-learning-platform is Moodle.
The seminar takes place Thursdays from 10:15am through 11:45am. The course spans over 14 weeks (nine on-site sessions, three asynchronous sessions, no class in week one, on 6 April, nor on Ascension Day, 18 May 2023).
Attendance in the first session (13 April) is mandatory: „Wer die erste Sitzung der Lehrveranstaltung versäumt, ohne sich vorher schriftlich oder persönlich zu entschuldigen, kann den Anspruch auf einen Platz in der LV verlieren, wenn es mehr Interessenten als Plätze gibt. Dies gilt ungeachtet der Platzzuweisung durch Friedolin und ist im Einklang mit der grundsätzlichen Aufhebung der Anwesenheitspflicht.” |