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Donor Transition and Sustainability: Implications for the Future of International Health

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Location
Internet
Term
Summer Institute
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
Synchronous Online with Some Asynchronous Online
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
Yes
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Sara Bennett
Abigail Neel
Contact Name
Abigail Neel
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Are you invested in strengthening domestic health systems and sustaining coverage of essential health services? Have you faced barriers to effectively managing transition, and building for sustainability in international health programs? Do you want to rethink how we structure external assistance and develop practical skills for improving transition and sustainability of global health efforts?
Explores issues around programmatic transition and sustainability of public health programs particularly in low and middle-income settings, through case-based inquiry. Examines definitional debates, strategies for enhancing sustainability of health outcomes throughout the development and implementation of public health initiatives, and methods for monitoring and evaluation of sustainability determinants and outcomes. Covers historical and ongoing challenges in sustaining health outcomes in diverse health system settings and opportunities for advancing research and practice in this area. Includes topics: issues related to health financing, political will, institutional capacity, and leadership, and tools for planning and assessment. Examines how power is reproduced through global health actors, institutions, and systems, and implications for sustaining health outcomes.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Identify and apply strategies for enhancing sustainability in global health programs through research and practice
  2. Describe frameworks for sustainability and their application in public health
  3. Examine how power structures affect sustainability of health outcomes and the resiliency of health systems
  4. Analyze issues related to programmatic transition (i.e., the process through which an externally supported program is transferred to local recipients)
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 20% Attendance
  • 20% Participation
  • 30% Presentation(s)
  • 30% Final Paper
Instructor Consent
No consent required