Global Health Diplomacy Course

Who Should Attend?

• Diplomats, policy advisors, managers and leaders working in government.
• Health Attaches.
• Professionals working in health, international relations, economics, management, international law, security, or whose portfolios intersect with global health
• Health and international relations professionals in departments of international health, ministries of health, and foreign affairs.
• Staff in international and regional organizations, NGOs, philanthropic organizations, universities and the private sector.
• Post-graduate level students of international health or international relations.

Knowledge and Benefits:

After completing the program, participants will be able to master the following:

• The field of global health diplomacy, its history, recent development and key challenges.
• Key concepts in global health, global health diplomacy and global health governance.
• Key cross-cutting issues of global health in relation to foreign policy, trade, climate change, human rights and other related disciplines.
• Explain the specific institutions and initiatives that are fundamental to current global health diplomacy activities and functions, and how these influence global health outcomes.
• The challenges facing health diplomacy and how they are being addressed by different groups and at different levels of governance.
• Summarize real-world examples where global health diplomacy either helped or limited global health outcomes, and explain the reasons for those outcomes.