SemesterFall Semester, 2020
DepartmentSelective Courses of Master Level, International College of Innovation
Course NameGlobal Health Governance
InstructorCHEN TZUNG-WEN
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

9/16 (Week 1) Course Introduction



9/23 (Week 2) Global Health Risks 1: Infectious Diseases



9/30 (Week 3) State, Society, and Health 1: Protection of Society and Governance of Human Life



10/7 (Week 4) State, Society, and Health 2: Virus Spread and Economic Psychology



10/16 (Week 5) Global Health Risks 1: Emerging Infectious Diseases – COVID-19 Talk and Workshop



(Class is on Friday)



10/21(Week 6) Intellectual Property, Drug Regulations, and Access to Medicine



10/28 (Week 7) Big Data, Health Information, Surveillance and Privacy



11/4 (Week 8) Vulnerable Groups, Minors’ Rights, and Health Justice



11/11 (Week 9) Midterm Report  Online Submission



    Each group writes a report to analyze the current major health risk and problem in their assigned country. No more than 1500 words.



11/18 (Week 10) Midterm Report  (Oral presentation)



11/25 (Week 11) Global Health Risks 2: Non-Communicable Diseases



12/2 (Week 12) World Health Organization, World Health Assembly, and the International Health Regulations 



12/9 (Week 13) Universal Healthcare, Primary Care, and Health Governance 1



12/12 (Week 14) Universal Healthcare, Primary Care, and Health Governance 2



(Class is on Saturday)



12/16 (Week 15) Government-own and NGOs Aid Agency, Refugees and Humanitarian Aid



12/23 (Week 16) WHO Simulation 1



12/30 (Week 17) WHO Simulation 2



1/13 (Week 18) Final Report (Online Submission)



    Each group writes a report to provide solutions for current major health risks and problems in their assigned country. No more than 2500 words.



    Plus the reflection on the WHO simulation. No more than 500 words.


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

趙芳瑀 Amy Chao



105405043@nccu.edu.tw


Requirement/Grading

Class participation 10%



Midterm report (Written and oral presentation) 25%



WHO simulation 40%



Final report 25%



 


Textbook & Reference

Textbook



Gostin, L. O. (2014). Global Health Law: Harvard University Press.



Gostin, L. O., & Wiley, L. F. (2016). Public health law: power, duty, restraint: Univ of California Press.



Latour B. (1993), The Pasteurization of France, Harvard University Press. 



Reference



Nestle, M. (2013). Food politics: How the food industry influences nutrition and health (Vol. 3): Univ of California Press.



Nestle, M. (2015). Soda politics: Taking on big soda (and winning): Oxford University Press, USA.



World Health Organization (2013). Global action plan for the prevention and control of NCDs 2013-2020.



World Health Organization (2014). 2008–2013 action plan for the global strategy for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases. 2008.



World Health Organization (2015). Health in 2015: from MDGs, millennium development goals to SDGs, sustainable development goals.



 


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