Globalisation and health - for iPad/Mac/PC: Recent Episodes
The Open University
What is the future for global health policy? How are the old paradigms being replaced by new ones? What are the key issues in the new globalised world? Ilona Kickbusch reviews the rapidly changing world of global health. In the past there were relatively few organisations involved and there was a hard dividing line between the public and private spheres. Today there are many more players and the issues are much more complex. In our rapidly shrinking world, where modern technology and infrastructure are able to compress time and distance, it is ever more important to have strong global health policies. How, though, will all the different parties, both local and international, public and private, find a way to co-operate most successfully? K311 Promoting public health: skills, perspectives and practice.
Globalisation affects public health at many different levels, from the micro scale of virus transmission to the macro scale of world trade.
Transcript -- Globalisation affects public health at many different levels, from the micro scale of virus transmission to the macro scale of world trade.
Transcript -- How globalisation destroys borders creating a mutually interdependent world.
Transcript -- The players in global health, from international organisations to private individuals.
Global health is a very complex issue, with a variety of local and international bodies vying for control.
Transcript -- Global health is a very complex issue, with a variety of local and international bodies vying for control.
Different social sectors, such as health and education, tend not to recognise their interdependence, and a new integrated approach is needed.
Transcript -- Different social sectors, such as health and education, tend not to recognise their interdependence, and a new integrated approach is needed.
Attitudes towards to the state - its role and its scale - play a crucial role in determining publid health policy
Transcript -- Attitudes towards to the state - its role and its scale - play a crucial role in determining publid health policy
Partnerships require both strict accountability and a spirit of compromise from the various participants.
Transcript -- Partnerships require both strict accountability and a spirit of compromise from the various participants.