-: Hi everyone, and welcome to module 11.
This week we'll be learning about principles
of health policy design and development.
As always, the key theme is incorporating culturally
sensitive knowledge into the design of health policies
to ensure that they're fine tuned
to the beneficiaries in the community that is being served.
In this module, we'll go over key strategies
that can be employed for the appropriate
selection of health policies in any context.
This week, you'll also have some readings
and videos to watch.
In addition to my lecture,
you should watch the short videos
about global health leadership and policy design.
There is an interesting TED talk about the use of co-design
and working closely with communities
to develop global health policies,
as well as a video from Dr. Paul Farmer,
the founder of Partners in Health,
a key organization operating in global health contexts.
We also have some interesting readings
about the post-colonial legacies of global health policies
and the utmost importance of understanding cultural
and colonial histories
when designing global health policies.
In addition to the didactic materials,
you'll conduct an exciting case study
involving designing a strategy for implementing
and distributing a vaccination against HPV.
In addition to this case study,
you'll have a quiz and a discussion on Yellowdig.
As always, please feel free to reach out
with any questions or concerns.
I hope you have a great week.