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To develop a detailed understanding of the health policy process and its outcomes both at national and international level To acquire insight into different theoretical concepts on policy design in the field of public health To understand how policy decisions in the health sector are translated into concrete programs and projects, and subsequently implemented To get acquainted with different management and governance practices in health programs To get acquainted with and acquire skills in international health diplomacy, resolution writing, negotiation and the UN procedures of the World Health Organization]]>![CDATA[
This course contains two core parts that will run parallel throughout the course: a theoretical part and a practical, diplomacy, part. In the theoretical part you study different theoretical concepts of policy science in international public health. You study core concepts of public administration in relation to IPH such as power relations, securing public interest, public versus private sector, managing change and the network society. Questions are addressed such as: In what way does the political structure of a country influence health policies; Why do certain topics get on the policy agenda while other topics never make it; Why do policy makers and politicians regularly seem to ignore scientific insights; To what extent do international organizations (such as the World Bank and the World Health Organization) influence national policies? To link these the theoretical insights to concrete examples, all students will have to read the book 'Wisdom of Whores', which traces the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In the diplomacy part you develop basic diplomatic skills by practicing them in 4 training sessions and a final 1.5 day World Health Organization simulation under Model United Nations rules of procedure (WHO MUN). Model United Nations (informally abbreviated as Model UN or MUN) is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate you about civics, effective communication, globalization and multilateral diplomacy. In Model UN, you take on roles as foreign diplomats and participate in a simulated session of the WHO.]]>![CDATA[
Lectures (32 hours), training workshops (16 hours) and simulation (12 hours), self study (102,5 hours), and examination (2.5 hours)]]>![CDATA[
Individual exam (70%) and diplomacy assignment (30%). Both grades need to be at least 5.5 to pass the course.]]><html><head><meta http-equiv='content-type' content='text/html; charset=windows-1252'></head><body>"Making Health Policy", Kent Buse,Nicholas Mays & Gill Walt, 2005, Open University Press, ISBN 0-335-21839-3 "The Wisdom of Whores", Elizabeth Pisani, 2008, Granta Publications, ISBN978-1-84708-076-9 Other reading materials via Canvas</body></html>![CDATA[
Compulsory course within the Master specialization International Public Health; optional course for students in other specializations of the Masters Health Sciences and Biomedical Sciences.]]>![CDATA[
Attendance of training workshops and simulation is compulsory. For further information and application, please contact Maarten Kok (
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