

University of Tokyo - Global Health Policy
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- Public/Government Institute
Global Health Policy at Coursera Overview
Duration | 11 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course |
Credential | Certificate |
Global Health Policy at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a shareable certificate upon completion.
- Flexible deadlines according to your schedule.
Global Health Policy at Coursera Course details
- In this course, learners will become familiar with principles and theories of global health problems, and major challenges and controversies in improving global population health as well as practical applications of quantitative methods to analyze and interpret issues and challenges for policy. Topics will include health and foreign policy, health governance, acute disease surveillance, non-communicable diseases, burden of disease, universal health coverage, health systems strengthening, health financing, and human resources for health and ageing.
Global Health Policy at Coursera Curriculum
Global Health Policy and Governance
Course Overview
1-1 Global Health Transition
1-2 Epidemiological Transition
1-3 Evolution of Global Health
1-4 Global Health Governance
1-5 Global Health Challenges
1-6 Challenges in Global Health Policy
1-7 Japan?s Commitment to Global Health
1-8 Proposals for the G7 Summit
Course Description
Practice Quiz 1-1
Practice Quiz 1-2
Practice Quiz 1-3
Graded Quiz 1
Pandemics and Health Security Responses
2-1 Pandemics and Health Security Response I
2-2 Pandemics and Health Security Response II
2-3 Outbreak Investigation "Consider Your Action" I
2-4 Outbreak Investigation "Consider Your Action" II
2-5 Lessons from Pandemic H1N1-2009
2-6 Real-time Research Response
2-7 Disasters, health and human security
2-8 Acute disaster response in an aging society
2-9 Acute effects
2-10 Long-term health effects
2-11 Health, human security and disaster response
Practice Quiz 2-1
Practice Quiz 2-2
Practice Quiz 2-3
Practice Quiz 2-4
Practice Quiz 2-5
Practice Quiz 2-6
Graded Quiz 2
Universal Health Coverage in the Context of Aging
3-1 Overview and concepts
3-2 Financial Risk Protection I
3-3 Financial Risk Protection II
3-4 Health Service Coverage
3-5 Equity
3-6 Aging
3-7 Case study 1: Japan
3-8 Case study 2: Bangladesh
3-9 New Policy Directions
Practice Quiz 3-1
Practice Quiz 3-2
Practice Quiz 3-3
Practice Quiz 3-4
Practice Quiz 3-5
Graded Quiz 3
The Future of Japan's Health System: Sustaining Good Health with Equity at Low Cost
4-1 UHC in Japan: Introduction
4-2 Understanding Health System Performance
4-3 Population Health
4-4 UHC in Japan: Achievements and Challenges
4-5 Cost Containment
4-6 Service Quality
4-7 Population Aging
4-8 Future Directions
Practice Quiz 4-1
Practice Quiz 4-2
Practice Quiz 4-3
Graded Quiz 4
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