In our first lecture Dr. Chris Willot outlines the complex nature of Global Health from its philosophical underpinnings to its practical considerations. This lecture seeks to define a working definition of the subject whilst also exploring its relevance today.
Please find more material under these links
Suggested Articles
Decolonizing global health: what should be the target of this movement and where does it lead us?
Kwete, Xiaoxiao; Tang, Kun; et al.
Global Health Research and Policy, 7, 2022
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s41256-022-00237-3.pdf
DOI: 10.1186/s41256-022-00237-3
https://ghrp.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41256-022-00237-3
Education of health professionals for the 21st century: a global independent Commission
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Chen, Lincoln; et al.
The Lancet, 375, 2010
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60450-3
https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(10)60450-3.pdf
Global health learning outcomes for medical students in the UK. Johnson, Oliver;
Lou Bailey, Sarah et al.
The Lancet, 379, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61582-1
https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(11)61582-1.pdf
'Global health': meaning what?
Taylor, Sebastian
BMJ Global Health 3, 20§8
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000843
https://gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/3/2/e000843.full.pdf
Towards a common definition of global health.
Rey, Jeff; Koplan, P; et al.
The Lancet, 373, 2009
DOI: 10.1016/S0140
https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(09)60332-9.pdf
Suggested Further Reading:
The health gap: the challenge of an unequal world. Marmot, Michael. Bloomsbury 2015
Global Health and Global Health Ethics. Solomon Benatar, Gillian Brock. Cambridge University Press 2011
Governing Global Health; Who Runs the World and Why? Clinton, Chelsea; Sridhar, Devi. Oxford University Press, 2017
Reimagining global health: an introduction. Farmer, Paul. University of California Press 2013
Websites
The WHO Global Health Observatory
The UN SDGs [Goal 3 Good Health and Well Being]
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/health/