Date & Title

9/5 (Week 1) Class Introduction:

Overview of the Class, Group Activity, Student Team Arrangement, Brief of WHO Simulation, Midterm Project

9/12 (Week 2) Global Health Burden 1: Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases and Emerging Diseases

9/19 (Week 3) Global Health Burdens 2: Mental Health

Mental Health Issues and Public Health Measures

9/26 (Week 4) Global Health Project 1: Interview / No Class

Interview and Group Discussion

• Students shall meet for discussion of midterm group project.


• Students shall conduct their interview with people from the designed country for first-hand information

10/3 (Week 5) Global Health Project 1: Oral Presentation

• Each student group presents its midterm report about the current major health risk and problem in their assigned country.


• Each group has 10 mins for presentation and 5 mins for Q&A.


• Each group shall submit a written report within 1,500 words before 11/17.

10/10 (Week 6) National Holiday/No Class

10/17 (Week 7) Global Health Burden 3: NCDs

Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)

10/24 (Week 8) National Holiday/No Class

10/31 (Week 9) Global Health Burden 4:

Environment and Global Health

11/7 (Week 10) Global Health Topic 1:

Digital Health, Medical AI, and Global Health

11/14 (Week 11) Global Health Topic 1: Field Trip

11/21 (Week 12) Global Health Topic 2:

ODA, NGOs, and Supragovernment Agencies

11/22 Saturday (Week 13) Global Health Topic 3:

Vulnerable Groups, Refugees and Humanitarian Aid

12/5 (Week 14) WHO Simulation:

Introduction and Document Drafting

12/12 (Week 15) WHO Simulation:

Simulation Drill

12/19 (Week 16) WHO Simulation:

Formal WHO Simulation