GHP272 Foundations of Global Health and Population
Fall 2012
Sessions: MWF, 10:30am-12:20pm, FXB-G12
Course Overview
This course is intended as a broad survey of the main facts, issues, perspectives, methods, results, and
conclusions in the areas of global health and population. It is organized into three blocks. The first block
deals with theory, methods, and evidence related to the state of global health and population and reviews
salient population and health issues, both past and present. The focus is on patterns and trends in morbidity,
mortality, fertility, and reproductive health, as well as the size, structure, and growth of population.
Environmental concerns linked to health and population are also addressed. The second block deals with the
economic, social, legal, political, and ecological context in which global health and population issues arise and
must be addressed. This block introduces economic, political, and rights-based perspectives on the place of
health and population in the process of international development. The third block covers approaches to the
design and implementation of policies and programs to address health and population problems. Medical
interventions, non-medical health interventions, and non-health interventions will all be considered. This
course is required for all incoming Master of Science students in the Department of Global Health and
Population. MPH students and students from other HSPH departments and elsewhere in the university are
also welcome to enroll, space permitting. MPH students may substitute this course in place of ID 262.
Course Objectives
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Students will understand the important relationships among demography, development, and
global health;
They will learn and apply methods for analyzing global health, demography, and development
challenges and for devising solutions to them;
They will strengthen communication and collaboration skills.
Teaching Team
Faculty
David Bloom
Dept. of Global Health and Population
E-mail: dbloom@hsph.harvard.edu
Phone No.: (617) 432-0866
Office Hours: 1:00pm– 2:00pm, Mondays and
Wednesdays, Room 1202, 12th floor, Building I
Joel Lamstein
Dept. of Global Health and Population
E-mail: jlamstei@hsph.harvard.edu
jlamstein@jsi.com
Office hours: Meetings by appointment, scheduled by
e-mail or in class
Note: No office hours on 9/17, 9/26, 11/5, 11/7, 11/14, 11/26, 11/28
Teaching fellows
Panji Hadisoemarto
Doctor of Science Candidate, 2014
E-mail: hadisoemartopanji@gmail.com
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30pm, 10th floor conference room
Dahianna Lopez, RN, MSN, MPH
PhD Candidate, 2015
E-mail: dahiannalopez@fas.harvard.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 am, Kresge #306
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Course Meetings
All students are required to attend all sessions each week. Lectures are designed to deliver key content and
stimulate discussion on the major themes in global health and population. Professor Bloom and faculty
members from the Department will deliver lectures. Sections are designed to solidify and complement
concepts covered in lectures and readings, review for assignments and exams, and discuss teaching cases.
Special guest speakers may be scheduled in optional evening sessions.
Course Materials
Course Website (link): Contains course readings, lecture notes, information for special sessions,
assignments and instructions for their submission, exam information, as well as important scheduling tools
for course-related events and activities.
Readings: All required readings for the class are available through the course website, either as a link or as a
pdf file, in compliance with the school’s copyright guidelines. For some readings (noted on the course
website), copies will be available on reserve in Countway Library. Full citations for recommended readings
are included in the course syllabus. Most recommended readings are available through the Harvard libraries;
students are responsible for obtaining any recommended readings they choose to read. Students will be
billed at the end of the semester for all required readings as well as case studies.
Lectures: Electronic copies of PowerPoint presentations are posted to the course website. Hard copies can
be provided at the beginning of lectures; students will be billed at the end of the semester for all copies,
whether or not you choose to use the hard copies in class.
Evaluation and Grading
Assignments will be graded on the completeness in addressing the objectives of the assignment, the quality
of writing, clarity, spelling, and grammar, and the ability to present a balanced, thoughtful, and wellevidenced argument of the subject. Students will be asked to deliver short presentations to the class on
Assignments 1-3; quality of the presentation will be factored into the overall assignment grade. Assignments
1-3 have fixed deadlines. For the Annotations, students are assigned to specific readings to annotate.
Annotations are due at the end of the block for which the readings belong. See Course Schedule for deadlines.
Exams will be graded on accuracy and comprehensiveness of answers that draw on course materials. Exams
will consist of 3 to 4 questions drawn randomly from a list of 12 to 15 questions provided in advance. The
midterm exam covers Blocks I and II, while the final exam is cumulative. Exams cover material delivered by
Profs Bloom and Lamstein, as well as lectures by departmental faculty.
The instructors and teaching fellows will assess class participation on the quality and regularity of student
interactions in lectures, sections, and online discussion forum. The teaching fellows will monitor attendance
and track student participation in class and in the online discussion forum. Students will also have the
opportunity to rate their classmates on participation in-group assignments. This will factor into the
participation grade.
Four writing assignments 30%
Mid-term exam
20%
Final exam
20%
Class participation
30%
Course Improvement
Quality Circles, held approximately twice per month, offer a voluntary avenue for student feedback and
course modifications while the course is in progress. Students are encouraged to use the online discussion
forum to express course concerns. Completion of HSPH Course Evaluations is required for your grade to be
made available and to allow you to register for courses in future terms.
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Course schedule (as of 9/5/2012)
Block I
Week
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
1
Sept 3
Labor Day Holiday (No Class)
Sept 5
1: Introduction to Global Health
Sept 7
2: Introduction and Icebreakers
2
Sept 10
3: History of Population
Sept 12
4: History of Global Health
Sept 14
5: Trends & Patterns I
3
Sept 17
6: Discuss readings (TA)
Sept 19
7: Trends & Patterns II
4
Sept 24
9: Demographic Methods and Models
Sept 26
(Yom Kippur)
10: Session on Data and Software (TA)
5
Oct 1
12: Pop & Health in Int’l Dev’t
Oct 3
13: Migration, Immigration,
Urbanization
6
Oct 8
Columbus Day Holiday (No Class)
Oct 10
Assignment #1 distributed Oct 12
15: Ethics
16: Case
7
Oct 15
17: Gender, Women and Health
Oct 17
18: Human right
8
Oct 22
20: Political Dimensions of Global
Health
Oct 24
21: Guest lecture 1: Global healthcare
workforce-Till Bärnighausen
9
Oct 29
23: Review of topics
Oct 31
Assignment #2 distributed Nov 2
24: Health systems [QC]
25: Midterm review (TA)
Sept 21
Drop/Add Deadline
[QC] 8: Population and Health Data
Sept 28
11: Intro to Int’l Dev’t
Oct 5
14: Determinants of Fertility and
[QC] Mortality
Oct 19
[QC] 19: Case
Oct 26
Fall I ends
22: Assignment 1 due + student
presentations
Block III
Block II
11/1: JSI night
10
Nov 5
26: Midterm Review
Nov 7
27: Guest lecture 2: Mental HealthTheresa Betancourt
Nov 9
28: Midterm Exam
11
Nov 12
Veteran’s Day (No Class)
Nov 14
29: Guest lecture 3: Tom Bossert
Nov 16
30: TA session and Student Reading
Presentations
12
Nov 19
Assignment #3 distributed Nov 21
31: Guest lecture 4: Robert Steinglass
32: Priority setting
13
Nov 26 Assignment 2 due
33: Gender, Women and Health
Nov 28
34: Case
14
Dec 3
36: Interventions
Dec 5
Dec 7
37: Guest lecture 5: GH Governance38: Assignment 3 due + student
Barry Bloom
[QC] presentation
15
Dec 10
39: Implementation
Dec 12
Dec 14
40: Guest lecture 6: Till Barnighausen – 41: Final Exam review (TA)
Global Health Workforce
16
Dec 17
42: Final Exam
Dec 19
43: Wrap-up & future of GH)
Nov 23
[QC] Thanksgiving Holiday (no class)
11/29: mHealth with
Mike Frost
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Nov 30
35: Guest lecture: Drs. Arash and
Kamiar Alaei (human rights)
Dec 21
End of Fall Semester
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Course Schedule
Instructions for Accessing and Using Course Website
1. Go to the course website either directly (via link), or through MyHSPH > Student One Stop > My
isite courses > Fall 2012 (via https://my.sph.harvard.edu/cp/home/displaylogin). You will be
required to input your Login ID (or Harvard ID) and corresponding PIN/password.
2. The website is organized by the left column headers.
3. This syllabus can be downloaded under the left header ‘Syllabus’ as a Word document. You can
use the syllabus’s reading list as a template to write your annotations for Assignment A.
4. Under the Teaching Team tab, you can find contact information of your course instructors and
teaching fellows.
5. Under the Classmates tab, complete the Student Information card as soon as possible. These
will be compiled into the course facebook for download.
6. The Class Sessions tab contains lecture slides and readings, organized by lecture session.
7. The Guest Lectures tab contains information needed for evening sessions with guest speakers.
8. The Assignment tab has a dropbox for Assignments 1-3 and another special box for your
Annotations.
9. The Exams tab contains information you will need to help prepare for exams.
10. The Discussion Forum tab is for students to supplement in-class participation. Here students
can discuss course material and lectures as well as offer information on outside course-related
activities and lectures.
11. Under the Sign Ups tab, you will sign up or RSVP for special events and provide course
feedback at the mid-term point.
12. The Quality Circles tab contains sign up form for quality circles, quality circle assignments,
and quality circle summaries.
Checklist:
 Complete the Student Information Card online as soon as possible for the course facebook.
 Sign up for Quality Circles (optional).
 Submit your Annotations and Assignments by the deadline.
 Ongoing: RSVP for special guest speakers
 Participate in class as well as the online discussion forum.
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Required and Recommended Readings
Session 1: Course outline and introduction (9/5/12)
Required:
Bloom, B.R. (2005). “Public Health in Transition.” Scientific American. 293(3): 92-99.
Frenk, J. (2009). Transcript: Dean Julio Frenk's Address at HSPH Commencement 2009.
Fried LP, Piot P, Frenk JJ, Flahault A, Parker R (2012). Global public health leadership for the twentyfirst century: Towards improved health of all populations. Global Public Health. [Epub ahead of print]
Garrett, L. (2007). “The challenge of global health.” Foreign Affairs. Jan-Feb.
Please view this video online: http://www.gapminder.org/videos/200-years-that-changed-the-worldbbc/ (and feel free to play around with the interactive tools here: http://www.gapminder.org/data/)
Note: When playing with the interactive tools, click on visualize to see the changes over time.
Recommended:
Fried, L. P., M.E. Bentley, P. Buekens, D.S. Burke, J.J. Frenk, M.J. Klag, and H.C. Spencer (2010). “Global
health is public health.” Lancet 375(9714):535-537.
Koplan, J.P., C. Bond, M.H. Merson, K.S. Reddy, M.H. Rodriguez, N.K. Sewankambo, et al. (2009).
“Towards a common definition of global health.” Lancet. 373:1993-1995.
Laurie Garett on the Future of Global Health. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3EByJ5uWAs
Bourguignon, F., A. Bénassy-Quéré, et al. (2008). Development Goals at Midpoint: Where do we stand
and where do we need to go? [read pages 1-10].
Commission on Africa (2005). “Executive Summary.” pp. 11-15.
Gostin, L.O., and E.A. Mok (2010) “The President’s Global Health Initiative” JAMA 304:789-790.
World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF (1978). “Primary Health Care: Report of the
International Conference on Primary Health Care,” Alma-Ata, USSR, 6-12 September, 1978. Geneva,
World Health Organization: 79. (Read the Declaration and skim the report)
World Health Organization (2008). The World Health Report 2008. Primary Care Now More than Ever.
Geneva, World Health Organization.
The World Bank Group (2004). Millennium Development Goals. Available from:
www.developmentgoals.org/About_the_goals.htm.
Foreign Affairs (2007). How to Promote Global Health: A Foreign Affairs Roundtable. Available from:
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/discussions/roundtables/how-to-promote-global-health [Roundtable
follow up to Laurie Garrett piece on required list].
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Session 2: Introduction and Icebreakers (9/7/12)
No required reading.
Session 3: A short history of population (9/10/12)
Required:
Bloom, D.E. (2011). “7 Billion and counting.” Science (29 July 2011): 333(6042), 562-569.
Coale, A. (1974). “The History of Human Population.” Scientific American. 231(3): 40-51.
Cohen, J.E. (2005). “Human Population Grows Up.” Scientific American. 293(3): 48-55.
Harrar, L. (Producer) & Holt, S. (Director). (2004). World in the Balance [Documentary Film]. (Available
from NOVA/PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/ )
Recommended:
Bloom, D.E., and D. Canning (2006). “Booms, Busts and Echoes.” Finance and Development (Sept
2006), 8-13.
The Economist (2009). “ The baby bonanza.” The Economist Print Edition, August 27, 2009.
Ehrlich, P., and A. Ehrlich (2006). “Enough Already.” New Scientist 2571:46-50.
Livi Bacci, M. (1992). “A Concise History of World Population.” Cambridge, MA, Blackwell.
Sen, A.K. (1994). “Population: Delusion and Reality.” The NY Review of Books. XLI(15): 62-71.
UNFPA (2009). “State of the World Population 2009. Facing a changing world: Women, population, and
climate.” New York, UNFPA. Available from:
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2009/en/pdf/EN_SOWP09.pdf
UNFPA (2008). “State of the World Population 2008. Reaching common ground: Culture, gender, and
human rights.” New York, UNFPA. Available from: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/
Wade, N. “In dusty archives, a theory of affluence.” The New York Times, August 7, 2007.
Session 4: A short history of global health (9/12/12)
Required:
Frenk, J. (2009). “Reinventing primary health care: the need for systems integration.” Lancet.
374(9684):170-3
Diamond, J. “Lethal Gift of Livestock.” From Guns, Germs, and Steel. W. W. Norton & Company, New
York, 1999. pp. 195-214. [pdf on iSite]
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Fogel, R.W. (2004). “Chapter 2. Why the twentieth century was so remarkable.” in The Escape from
Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: Europe, America and the Third World. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press. pp. 20-42. [pdf on iSite]
Lancet. (2009). “Who runs global health?” Lancet.373(9681):2083.
Merson, M.H., R.E. Black and A.J. Mills (2001). “Introduction.” International Public Health: Diseases,
Programs, Systems, and Policies. Gaithersburg, MD, Aspen Publishers: xvii-xxx. [pdf on iSite]
Rosenberg, M.L., E.S. Hayes, M.H. McIntyre, and N. Neill (2010). Chapter 2 “The diverse landscape of
global health.” Real Collaboration: What it takes for global health to succeed. Berkeley and Los Angeles,
California: University of California Press. [pp.17-30] [pdf on iSite]
USAID Global Health Strategic Framework - FY 2012 to FY 2016 (Please read pages 15-25):
http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s19251en/s19251en.pdf
Recommended:
Basch, P.F. (1999). “The Organization of International Health Before 1900” (Chapter 2). Textbook of
International Health. Ed. P. F. Basch. New York, Oxford University Press. pp. 11-41.
Basch, P.F. (1999). “The Organization of International Health Since 1900” (Chapter 3). Textbook of
International Health. Ed. P. F. Basch. New York, Oxford University Press. pp. 42-72.
Kleinman, A. (2010). “Four social theories for global health.” Lancet 375:1518-1519.
WHO History website. URL: http://www.who.int/features/history/en/index.html
Joint Learning Initiative: History Working Group Series in American Journal of Public Health
Brown, T.M., and E. Fee. (2004) “A Role for Public Health History.” American Journal of Public
Health, 94(11): 1851-1853.
Brown, T.M., M. Cueto and E. Fee. (2006) “The World Health Organization and the Transition
From International to “Global” Public Health.” American Journal of Public Health. 96: 62-72.
Cueto, M. (2004) “The Origins of Primary Health Care and Selective Primary Health Care.”
American Journal of Public Health. 94(11): 1864-1874.
Litsios, S. (2004) “The Christian Medical Commission and the Development of the World Health
Organization's Primary Health Care.” American Journal of Public Health. 94(11): 1884-1893.
Rosen, G. (1993). A History of Public Health. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Sessions 5 and 7: Trends and patterns in global health and population I and II (9/14/12
and 9/19/12)
Required:
Cooper, R.S., B. Osotimehin, et al. (1998). “Disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa: what should we
conclude in the absence of data?” Lancet. 351(9097): 208-210
Bloom, D.E., Cafiero, E.T., Jané-Llopis, E., Abrahams-Gessel, S., Bloom, L.R., Fathima, S., Feigl, A.B.,
Gaziano, T., Mowafi, M., Pandya, A., Prettner, K., Rosenberg, L., Seligman, B., Stein, A.Z., & Weinstein, C.
(2011). The Global Economic Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases. Geneva: World Economic Forum.
Executive Summary.
Fries, J.F. (1980). “Aging, natural death, and the compression of morbidity.” New England Journal of
Medicine. 303 (3): 130-135.
Kalache A, Aboderin I, & Hoskins I (2002). “Compression of morbidity and active ageing: key priorities
for public health policy in the 21st century.” Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 80(3): 243-4.
Crimmins, Eileen M., and Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez. “Mortality and Morbidity Trends: Is There
Compression of Morbidity?” The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and
Social Sciences 66B, no. 1 (January 1, 2011): 75 –86.
Kirk, D. (1996). “Demographic Transition Theory.” Population Studies. 50(3): 361-387
Miranda, J.J., S. Kinra, J.P. Casas, G. Davey Smith, and S. Ebrahim. (2008). “Non-communicable diseases
in low- and middle-income countries: context, determinants, and health policy.” Tropical Medicine and
International Health. 13(10):1225-1234.
Murray, C.J.L., A.D. Lopez, et al., Eds. (1996). “Summary.” The global burden of disease. Cambridge, MA,
Published by the Harvard School of Public Health on behalf of the WHO and the World Bank. [pdf on
iSite]
Omran, A.R. (1971). “The epidemiologic transition: A theory of the epidemiology of population
change.” Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, 49(4): 509-538.
Yach, D. (2005). “Global chronic diseases.” Science. 307:317.
Recommended:
Bremner, J. A. Frost, C. Haub, M. Mather, K. Ringheim, and E. Zuehlke (2010). “World Population
Highlights: Key Findings From PRB's 2010 World Population Data Sheet.”
Caldwell, J. (1976). “Toward a restatement of Demographic Transition Theory.” Pop. Dev. Review, 2:
321-366.
Clemens, M. (2007). “Do visas kill? Health effects of African health professional emigration.” Working
Paper Number 114. Center for Global Development.
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Economist Intelligence Unit (2009). Breakaway: The global burden of cancer— challenges and
opportunities Available from: http://livestrongblog.org/GlobalEconomicImpact.pdf
Farmer, P., J.Frenk, F.M. Knaul, L.N. Schulman, G. Alleyne, L. Armstrong, et al. (2010). “Expansion of
cancer care and control in countries of low and middle income: a call to action. Lancet In Press,
Corrected Proof, Available online 13 August 2010
Frenk, J., J. Bobadilla, et al. (1994). “Elements for a Theory of the Health Transition.” Health and Social
Change in International Perspective. L. C. Chen, A. Kleinman and N. C. Ware. Boston, MA, Distributed by
Harvard University Press: 25-49.
Global Commission on International Migration (2005). “Migration in an interconnected world:
Principles for action
Horiuchi, S. (1997). “Epidemiological transitions in developed countries: Past, present and future.”
Chapter 2 in Health and Mortality: Issues of Global Concern, pp. 54-71. Brussels: Population and Family
Study Centre, Flemish Scientific Institute.
Kinsella, K. and W. He (2009). “An Aging World: 2008.” US Census Bureau International Population
Reports: P95/09-1.
Lancet. (2009). “Alcohol: a global health priority.” Lancet. 373:2173.
Lee, R. (2003). “The Demographic Transition: Three Centuries of Fundamental Change.” The Journal of
Economic Perspectives, 17(4): 167-190.
Mason, K.O. (1997) “Explaining Fertility Transitions.” Demography, 34(4): 443-454.
McGee, T. (2001). “Urbanization Takes on New Dimensions in Asia's Population Giants,” Population
Reference Bureau.
Montgomery, M. and National Research Council. (2003). “Panel on Urban Population Dynamics.” Cities
transformed: demographic change and its implications in the developing world. Washington, DC,
National Academies Press
Murray, S. (2010). “The quality of death. Ranking end-of-life care across the world.” A report from the
Economist Intelligence Unit.
Omran, A.R. (1977). “Epidemiologic Transition in the U.S.: The Health Factor in Population Change.”
Population Bulletin 32(2): 1-42.
Population Reference Bureau (2010). “2010 World Population Data Sheet.”
Salomon, J.A. and C.J.L. Murray (2002) “The Epidemiologic Transition Revisited: Compositional Models
for Causes of Death by Age and Sex” Population and Development Review 28 (2): 205-228.
Simon, J. (1993). “The Economic Effects of Immigration.” European Review. 1 (1): 109-116.
UN Human Settlements Programme (HABITAT) (2008). “The State of the World's Cities Report 20082009: Harmonious Cities.” Nairobi, Kenya, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements.
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UNFPA (2005). International Migration and the Millennium Development Goals. New York, New York:
UNFPA.
World Health Organization (2010). Health of migrants: the way forward. Report of a global
consultation. Madrid, Spain 3-5 March 2010. Geneva: WHO. [pp. 4-6; 19-21; browse the rest of the
report].
Session 6: Discussion of readings (9/17/12)
No required reading.
Sessions 8: Population and health data (9/21/12)
Required:
Bleek, W. (1987). “Lying Informants: A Fieldwork Experience from Ghana.“ Population and
Development Review. 13(2): 314-322.
Chandramohan,D., K. Shibuya, et al. (2008). “Should Data from Demographic Surveillance Systems Be
Made More Widely Available to Researchers?” PLoS Med 5(2):e57.
Hill, K., Thomas, K., et al. (2007). “Estimates of maternal mortality worldwide between 1990 and 2005:
an assessment of available data.” Lancet 370 (9595): 1311-1319.
Levitt, S.D. and S.J. Dubner, (2005) “Where Have All the Criminals Gone?” In Freakonomics. Harper
Collins Publishers. pp 117-146. [pdf on iSite]
Myers, R.J. (1978). “An Investigation of the Age of an Alleged Centenarian.” Demography. 15(2): 235236.
Recommended:
Bialik, C. (2007). “Flaws in measuring the world’s poor may hinder solutions.” The Wall Street Journal,
Print Edition June 1, 2007, Page B1.
Black, R.E., S. Cousens, H.L. Johnson, J.E. Lawn, I. Rudan, D.G. Bassani, P. Jha, H. Campbell, C. F. Walker,
R. Cibulskis, T. Eisele, L. Liu, C. Mathers, for the Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group of WHO
and UNICEF (2010). “Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2008: a systematic
analysis.” Lancet 375: 1969 – 1987.
Bloom, D.E. (1998). “Technology, experimentation, and the quality of survey data.” Science. 280(5365):
847-8.
Chen, S., and M. Ravallion (2008). “The Developing World Is Poorer Than We Thought, But No Less
Successful in the Fight against Poverty.” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4703.
Cross, S., J.S. Bell, and W.J. Graham (2010). “What you count is what you target: the implications of
maternal death classification for tracking progress towards reducing maternal mortality in developing
countries.” Bull WHO 88:147-153.
Ewbank, D.C. (1981). Age Misreporting and Age-selective Underenumeration: Sources, Patterns, and
Consequences for Demographic Analysis. Washington, D.C., National Academy Press.
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Greenberg, S.A. (2009). “How citation distortions create unfounded authority: analysis of a citation
network.” BMJ. 339:b2680.
Hetzel, A.M. (1997). History and Organization of the Vital Statistics System. Washington DC, National
Center for Health Statistics.
Hogan, M.C., K.J. Foreman, M. Naghavi, S.Y. Ahn, M. Wang, S. M. Makela, A.D. Lopez, R. Lozano, and C.J.L.
Murray (2010). “Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008: a systematic analysis of progress
toward Millennium Development Goal 5.” Lancet 375:1609-1623.
Joyce, T.J. (2009). “Abortion and crime: a review.” NBER Working Paper No. 15098
List, J.A. (2007). “Field Experiments: A Bridge between lab and naturally-occurring data.” John A. List.
NBER Working Paper 12992. http://www.nber.org/papers/w12992.
The Lancet series on ‘Health Statistics, 2007-8. URL:
http://www.thelancet.com/collections/series/health_statistics
The Lancet series on ‘Who Counts?’, 2007-8. URL: http://www.thelancet.com/online/focus/whocounts/collection
Patton, G.C., C. Coffey, S.M. Sawyer, R.M. Viner, D.M. Haller, K. Bose, T. Vos, J. Ferguson, and C.D. Mathers
(2009). “Global patterns of mortality in young people: a systematic analysis of population health data.”
Lancet 374:881-892.
Rajaratnam, J.K., J.R. Marcus, A.D Flaxman, H. Wang, A. Levin-Rector, L. Dwyer, M. Costa, A.D. Lopez, and
C.J.L. Murray (2010). “Neonatal, postneonatal, childhood, and under-5 mortality for 187 countries,
1970-2010: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4.” Lancet 375:
1988 – 2008.
Rajaratnam, J.K., J. R. Marcus, A. Levin-Rector, A.N. Chalupka, H. Wang, L. Dwyer, M. Costa, A.D. Lopez,
and C.J.L. Murray (2010). “Worldwide mortality in men and women aged 15-59 years from 1970-2010:
a systematic analysis.” Lancet 375:1704-1720.
Salomon, J., S. Nordhagen, S. Oza, and C.J.L. Murray (2009). “Are Americans feeling less healthy? The
puzzle of trends in self-rated health.” American Journal of Epidemiology. 170(3):343-351.
Smith, H.L. (1997). “Implementation of a demographic and contraceptive surveillance system in four
counties in north China.” Population Research and Policy Review. 16(4): 289-314.
Tools and Methods for Estimating Populations at Risk from Natural Disasters and Complex
Humanitarian Crises. (2007) Committee on the Effective Use of Data, Methodologies and Technologies
to Estimate Subnational Populations at Risk, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth
and Life Studies, Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Science and Education.
National Research Council. Washington DC: The National Academies Press.
World Health Organization (2008). “The global burden of disease: 2004 update.” Geneva, World Health
Organization.
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You, D., T. Wardlaw, P. Salama, and G. Jones (2009). “Levels and trends in under-5 mortality.” Lancet
375: 100 – 103.
See ‘Notable Readings’ for full citations of Lancet Series.
Session 9: Demographic methods and models (9/24/12)
Required:
Bennett, N.G. (2000). “Demographic Methods.” In Encyclopedia of Sociology, E. F. Borgatta and R. J. V.
Montgomery (eds). New York, Macmillan Reference USA: 5 v. [pdf on iSite] [Please note that you need
not comprehend all calculus formulas in the article. Just acquaint yourself with the general principles.]
Haupt, A. and T.T. Kane (2004). Population Handbook (5th edition). Washington, DC, Population
Reference Bureau. Chapters 1-3, pp. 1-20.
Mahoney , J. and G. Goertz. (2006). “A Tale of Two Cultures: Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative
Research.” Political Analysis 14: 227-249.
Recommended:
Lee, Ronald. “The Outlook for Population Growth.” Science 333, no. 6042 (July 29, 2011): 569 –
573.
Coale, A.J. (1972). The growth and structure of human populations: a mathematical investigation.
Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press.
McFalls, J., and A. Joseph. (1998). “Population: A Lively Introduction.” Population Bulletin. 58(4): 3-40.
O'Neill, B.C., D. Balk, et al. (2001). “A Guide to Global Population Projections.” Demographic Research.
4(8): 203-288.
Palmore, J.A. and R.W. Gardner (1983). “Measuring mortality, fertility, and natural increase: a selfteaching guide to elementary measures.” Honolulu, Hawaii, East-West Population Institute East-West
Center.
Swanson, D., J.S. Siegel, et al. (2004). “The methods and materials of demography.” San Diego, CA,
Elsevier Academic Press.
Session 10: Session on data and software (9/26/12)
Required:
Anand, S. and K. Hansen (1997). “Disability-adjusted life years: a critical review.” Journal of Health
Economics 16(6):685-702.
Gold, M.R., D. Stevenson, and D.G. Fryback (2002). “HALYs and QALYs and DALYs, Oh my: Similarities
and differences in summary measures of population health.” Annu. Rev. Public Health. 23:115-134.
Murray, C.J.L. and A.D. Lopez (1996). Chapter 1: “Rethinking DALYs.” The Global Burden of Disease: a
comprehensive assessment of mortality and disability from diseases, injuries, and risk factors in 1990
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and projected to 2020. C. J. L. Murray, A. D. Lopez, Harvard School of Public Health, World Health
Organization and World Bank. Cambridge, MA, Distributed by Harvard University Press: 1-43. [pdf on
iSite]
Visit the Demographic and Health Survey StatCompiler website: http://statcompiler.com/
Human Development Indicators now on Google's Data Explorer (2011):
http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/2011/may/human-development-indicators-now-on-googlesdata-explorer.en
Recommended:Deaton A. (1997). The analysis of household surveys: a microeconometric approach to
development policy. Washington, DC: World Bank [Read pages 40-62; starting at descriptive statistics
from survey data] Available from: http://wwwwds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/1997/07/01/000009265_39804
20172958/Rendered/PDF/multi_page.pdf
Session 11: Introduction to international development (9/28/12)
Required:
Sachs, J.D. (2005). “Can Extreme Poverty Be Eliminated?” Scientific American. 293(3): 56-65.
Sen, A.K. (1999). “Preface and Introduction”. Development as Freedom. A. K. Sen. New York, Knopf: xixiv, 3-12. [pdf on iSite]
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2003). Chapter 1: The Millennium Development
Goals. Human Development Report 2003: Millennium Development Goals: A compact among nations
to end human poverty. New York, Oxford University Press: 27-32. Browse the various indicator tables.
United Nations (2012). Overview: The Millennium Development Goals Report 2012. New York, United
Nations: 4-5.
Recommended:
Bloom, D. and J. Sachs (1998). “Geography, Demography, and Economic Growth in Africa.” Brookings
Papers on Economic Activity. 2: 207-295.
Schultz, T.P., and J.A. Strauss. Handbook of Development Economics. Elsevier Publishing, 2007.
Volumes 1-4.
World Bank (2003). Overview. World Development Report 2003: Sustainable Development in a
Dynamic Economy. World Bank: 1-26.
Session 12: Population and health in international development (10/1/12)
Required:
Bloom, D.E. and D. Canning (2000). “Policy forum: public health. The health and wealth of nations.“
Science 287 (5456): 1207, 1209.
Bloom, D.E. and D. Canning. (2008). “Global Demographic Change: Dimensions and Economic
Significance,” Population and Development Review. Vol. 34 (supp):17-51.
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Clinton, H.R. (2009). Foreign Policy Address at the Council on Foreign Relations. 15 July 2009.
http://www.cfr.org/diplomacy/conversation-us-secretary-state-hillary-rodham-clintonvideo/p19804
Leahy, E., R. Engelman, C.G. Vogel, S. Haddock, and T. Preston (2010). The Shape of Things to Come
Why Age Structure Matters to a Safer, More Equitable World. Washington, DC: Population Action
International. [Read the Executive Summary and Recommendations, pp. 9-13].
Lee, R. and D. Mason (2006). "What is the Demographic Dividend?" Finance and Development , 43(3),
16-17.
Recommended:
Banerjee, A.V. and E. Duflo (2006). The Economic Lives of the Poor. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5968
Birdsall, N. and S. W. Sinding (2001). How and Why Population Matters: New Findings, New Issues.
Population Matters: Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World. N.
Birdsall, A. C. Kelley and S. W. Sinding. Oxford; New York, Oxford University Press: 3-23.
Bloom, D.E, D. Canning, D. Jamison, et al. (2004). “Health, Wealth and Welfare.” Finance and
Development 41(1): 10-15.
Bloom, D.E, D. Canning, and J. Sevilla (2002). “The Demographic Dividend: A New Perspective on the
Economic Consequences of Population Change.”Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, MR-1274.
Bloom, D.E. and D. Canning. (2007). "The Preston Curve 30 Years On: Still Sparking Fires"
International Journal of Epidemiology. 36(3).
Bloom, D.E., D. Canning and G. Fink (2009). Disease and development revisited. NBER Working Paper
15137. Available from: http://www.nber.org/papers/w15137
Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (2001). Papers & Reports, Commission on
Macroeconomics and Health.
Deaton, A. (2003). “Health, inequality, and economic development.” Journal of Economic Literature
41(1): 113–58.
Easterly W. “A Modest Proposal“. Washington Post. March 13, 2005.
The Economist. "Health and Wealth." The Economist Print Edition, November 20th, 2008.
Gwatkin, D.R. (2000). “Health inequalities and the health of the poor: what do we know? What can we
do?“ Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 78(1): 3-18.
Kawachi, I. (2000). “Income Inequality and Health.” Social Epidemiology. L. F. Berkman and I. Kawachi.
New York, Oxford University Press: 76-94.
Kawachi, I., S.V. Subramanian, and N. Almeida-Filho. (2002). “A glossary for health inequalities.” J
Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:647–652
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Kremer, M. (1993) “Population Growth and Technological Change: One Million B.C. to 1990.” The
Quarterly Journal of Economics 108(3): 681-716.
McKeown, T. (1976). “Chapter 1 and Conclusions. The Modern Rise of Population. T. McKeown. New
York, Academic Press: 1-17, 152-163.”
Navaneetham, K. (2002). “Age structural transition and economic growth: evidence from south and
southeast Asia.” Kerala, India, Centre for Development Studies (CDS).
Preston, S.H. (1975). “The Changing Relation between Mortality and Level of Economic Development.”
Population Studies 29(2): 231-248.
Preston, S.H. and P. Donaldson (1986). "Population Growth and Economic Development." Asia-Pacific
Population Journal 1(2): 3-12.
OECD and World Health Organization (WHO) (2003). Chapter 3: Key Policy Areas for Pro-poor Health.
DAC Guidelines and Reference Series: Poverty and Health. OECD and World Health Organization
(WHO). Paris, OECD Publications. pp. 54-66.
Reuters UK. (2010). “Does the "billionth African" mean boon or burden?”
Romer, P.M. (1990) “Endogenous Technological Change.” Journal of Political Economy 98(5, Part 2:
The Problem of Development: A Conference of the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise Systems):
s71-s102.
Schultz, T.P. (2005). “Productive Benefits of Health: Evidence from Low-Income Countries.” in Guillem
López-Casasnovas, Berta Rivera and Luis Currais, eds. Health and Economic Growth: Findings and
Policy Implications., MIT Press: 257-285.
Strauss, J. and D. Thomas (1998). “Health, Nutrition, and Economic Development.” Journal of Economic
Literature. 36(2): 766-817.
Subramanian, S.V., T. Blakely, et al. (2003). “Income inequality as a public health concern: where do we
stand? Commentary on “Is exposure to income inequality a public health concern?“ Health Serv Res
38(1 Pt 1): 153-67.
Wagstaff, A. and E. van Doorslaer (2000). “Income inequality and health: what does the literature tell
us?“ Annual Review of Public Health 21: 543-67.
World Health Organization (WHO). “Health, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction – Executive
Summary.” In the Report of Working Group 1 of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health.
(pages 1-3)
World Health Organization Europe (2003). Social Determinants of Health: The Solid Facts (2nd
edition). Eds. Richard Wilkinson and Michael Marmot. Copenhagen: World Health Organization
Europe.
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Session 13: Migration, immigration and urbanization (10/3/12)
Required:
Bloom, D.E., D. Canning, and G. Fink. (2008). “Urbanization and the wealth of nations.” Science. Vol.
319. February 8.
Bloom, D. and T. Khanna. (2007). “The urban revolution.” Finance & Development. 44(3)
CQ Global Researcher (2009). “Rapid Urbanization: Can Cities Cope with Rampant Growth?” 3(4): 91118. [pdf on iSite]
DePARLE, J (2007). "A Global Trek to Poor Nations, From Poorer Ones." New York Times, December
27,2007.
Simon, J. (1993). “The Economic Effects of Immigration.” European Review. 1 (1): 109-116. [pdf on
iSite]
Recommended:
Clemens, M. (2007). “Do visas kill? Health effects of African health professional emigration.” Working
Paper Number 114. Center for Global Development.
Global Commission on International Migration (2005). “Migration in an interconnected world:
Principles for action“
McGee, T. (2001). “Urbanization Takes on New Dimensions in Asia's Population Giants,” Population
Reference Bureau.
Montgomery, M. and National Research Council. (2003). “Panel on Urban Population Dynamics.” Cities
transformed: demographic change and its implications in the developing world. Washington, DC,
National Academies Press
UN Human Settlements Programme (HABITAT) (2008). “The State of the World's Cities Report 20082009: Harmonious Cities.” Nairobi, Kenya, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements.
UNFPA (2005). International Migration and the Millennium Development Goals. New York, New York:
UNFPA.
UNFPA (2006). State of the World’s Population.
World Health Organization (2006). World Health Report 2006: Working Together for health.
(Overview). Geneva: World Health Organization (www.who.int/whr/2006/overview/en/index.html)
Session 14: Determinants of fertility and mortality (10/5/12)
Required:
Caldwell, J.C. (1982). Chapter 11: “Wealth Flow Theory of Fertility Decline.” Theory of Fertility Decline.
J. C. Caldwell. London ; New York, Academic Press. pp.333-351. [pdf on iSite]
Cutler, D., A. Deaton, and A. Lleras-Muney (2006). “The determinants of mortality.” The Journal of
Economic Perspectives 20(3): 97-120.
Pritchett, L.H. (1994). “Desired Fertility and the Impact of Population Policies.” Population and
Development Review. 20(1): 1-55.
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Guathier AH, Hartzius J. (1997). "Family benefits and fertility: An econometric analysis." Population
Studies Vol 57: 295-306.
Hirschman, C. (1994). "Why fertility changes." Annu. Rev. Sociol., 20:203-233.
Tsui, AO (2001). "Population policies, family planning programs and fertility: The record." Population
and Development Review, Vol 27 Supplement: Global Fertility Transition: pp. 184-204.
Hvistendahl, M. “How to Engineer a Baby Boom.” Science 333, no. 6042 (July 29, 2011): 551.
CNN What’s Next: Video urges Singapore couples to make babies.
http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/07/video-urges-singapore-couples-to-make-babies-now/
Hvistendahl M. (2010). “Has China Outgrown the One Child Policy?” Science, 329, 1458-1461.
Recommended:
Becker, G. (1960). “An Economic Analysis of Fertility. Demographic and Economic Change in
Developed Countries. Universities--National Bureau Committee for Economic Research.” Princeton,
Princeton University Press.
Bongaarts, J. (1982). “The Fertility-Inhibiting Effects of the Intermediate Fertility Variables.” Studies in
Family Planning 13(6/7): 179-189.
Cleland, J and Wilson C. (1987) Demand theories of the fertility transition: An iconoclastic view.
Population Studies 41: pp. 5-30.
Davis, K (1963) The theory of change and response in modern demographic history. Population Index
29(4): 345-366.
Easterlin, R. A. (1980). Birth & Fortune: The Impact of Numbers on Personal Welfare. London, Grant
McIntyre.
Finkle, J.L. and C.A. McIntosh (2002). “United Nations Population Conferences: Shaping the Policy
Agenda for the Twenty-first Century.” Studies in Family Planning. 33(1): 11-23.
Fogel, R. (1997) New findings on secular trends in nutrition and mortality: Some implications for
population theory. Chap. 3 in Rosenzweig M. and Stark O. (Eds.) Handbook of Population and Family
Economics. Elsevier Science BV.
Global Health Council (2004). Banking on Reproductive Health. Washington D.C.: Global Health
Council. 62
Irwin, A. and E. Scali (2007). “Action on the social determinants of health: a historical perspective.”
Global Public Health. 2(3): 235-256.
McKeown, T., Brown RG and Record RG (1972). An interpretation of the modern rise of population in
Europe. Population Studies, 26(3): 345-382.
Mishra, V. et al. (2007). A study of the association of HIV infection with wealth in sub-Saharan Africa.
DHS Working Papers. http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pub_details.cfm?ID=638&srchTp=advanced
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Preston, SH (1975) The changing relation between mortality and level of economic development.
Population Studies29(2): 231-248.
Preston, SH and Haines, M (1991). Fatal Years: Child Mortality in Late Nineteenth Century America.
Chapters 5 and 6, pp. 177-210. Princeton: Princeton University Press
Schultz, T.P. (2001). The Fertility Transition: Economic Explanations. New Haven, CT, Yale: 1-19.
Swidler, A. “Responding to AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Culture, Institutions, and Health.” To be
published in Peter A. Hall and Michèle Lamont (eds.), Social Sources of Health (tentative title).
Szreter, S (2001) The importance of social intervention in Britain’s mortality decline circa 1850-1914:
A reinterpretation of the role of public health. Social History of Medicine, 1(1):1-38.
Session 15: Ethics (10/10/12)
Required:
Wikler, D. and R. Cash (2009). Chapter 12: Ethical Issues in Global Public Health. In Global Public
Health: A New Era. Second Edition. R. Beaglehole and R. Bonita (Eds.) Oxford, New York, Oxford
University Press. [pp. 249-267]. [pdf on iSite]
Buchanan A, DeCamp M (2006). “Responsibility for global health.” Theor Med Bioethics, 27(1):95-114.
Recommended:
Roberts MJ & Reich MR. (2002). Ethical analysis in public health. The Lancet, 359, 1055–1059.
Ruger, JP. (2006). Ethics and governance of global health inequalities . J Epidemiol Community Health,
60:998-1002.
Carrier, J. (1999). "Reflections on Ethical Problems Encountered in Field Research on Mexican Male
Homosexuality: 1968 to Present." Culture Health & Sexuality 1(3):207-221.
Session 16: Case (10/12/12)
Required: TBD.
Session 17: Gender, women and health (10/15/12)
Required:
Burki T. (2010). “UN Women to spearhead new drive for gender equality.” The Lancet, 376 (9739);
405-406.
The Economist. Gendercide. “The worldwide war on baby girls.” March 4th 2010, pp 77-84.
Eberstadt N. The global war against baby girls. The New Atlantis: The Journal of Technology and
Society. http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-global-war-against-baby-girls
It’s a Girl! (2012) [Documentary Film]. (If possible, special showing for our class)
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Rogers W, Ballantyne A and Heather Draper (2007). “Is sex selective abortion morally justified and
should it be prohibited?” Bioethics 21 (9): 520-524
Sen, A. (2001). “Many Faces of Gender Inequality.” The Frontline. India. November 9, 2001.
Sen, G., A. George, et al. (2002). Chapter 1: Engendering Health Equity: A Review of Research and
Policy. Engendering International Health: The Challenge of Equity. G. Sen, A. George and P. Östlin.
Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press: 1-33. [pdf on iSite]
Vlassoff, C. and C.G. Moreno (2002). “Placing gender at the centre of health programming: Challenges
and limitations." Social Science & Medicine 54(11): 1713-1723.
Recommended:
Hausmann R, Tyson LD, & Zahidi S. (2010). The Global Gender Gap Report 2010. Geneva: World
Economic Forum.
Session 18: Human rights (10/17/12)
Required:
Gruskin, S. and D. Tarantola (2001). Health and human rights. Oxford Textbook of Public Health. R.
Detels, J. McEwen, R. Beaglehole and K. Tanaka. New York, Oxford University Press: 311-335. [pdf on
iSite]
Gruskin, S., E.J. Mills, and D. Tarantola. (2007). "History, principles and practices of health and human
rights." Lancet, 370; 449-455.
Recommended:
Brauman, R. (2005) “Controversies within Health and Human Rights.” Carnegie Council on Ethics and
International Affairs. January 2005.
Gruskin S., D. Tarantola “What Does Bringing Human Rights into Public Health Work Actually Mean in
Practice?” in K. Heggenhougen and S. Quah (eds), International Encyclopedia of Public Health, volume
3 (San Diego: Academic Press, 2008), pp. 137-146
Hannum, H. “Implementing Human Rights: An Overview of Strategies and Procedures,” in H. Hannum
(ed), Guide to International Human Rights Practice, 2nd edition (Philadelphia: University of
Pennsylvania Press, 1992), pp. 19-38.
Hunt, P. “The right to health: from the margins to the mainstream,” Lancet 2002, 360: 1878.
Tarantola D., S. Gruskin “Public Health Policy and Human rights: History, Concepts and Value,” in K.
Heggenhougen and S. Quah (eds), International Encyclopedia of Public Health, volume 3 (San Diego:
Academic Press, 2008) pp. 477-486.
Sieghart, P. An Introduction to the International Covenants on Human Rights, Human Rights Unit
Occasional Paper (Commonwealth Secretariat, March 1988), pp. 1-20.
Whitehead, M. (1992). “The concepts and principles of equity and health.” International journal of
health services. 22(3): 429-445.
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Session 19: Case (10/19/12)
Required: TBD.
Session 20: Political Dimensions of Global Health (10/22/12)
Required:
Bossert, T. (1998). “Analyzing the decentralization of health systems in developing countries: decision
space, innovation and performance”. Social Science and Medicine, 47(10). 1513-1527.
Bossert, T.J., Larran, O., Giedion, U., Arbelaez, J.J., & Bowser, D. (2003). “Decentralization and equity of
resource allocation: evidence from Colombia and Chile.” Bulletin of the World Health Organization,
81(2): 95-100.
Bossert, T. International Donors and Health Reform: El Salvador Case Study. [pdf on iSite]
Kaufmann, J.R., and H. Feldbaum (2009). “Diplomacy and the polio immunization boycott in Northern
Nigeria.” Health Affairs 28(4):1091-1101.
Reich, M.R. (1996). Applied Political Analysis for Health Policy Reform. Current Issues in Public Health
2, 186-191. [pdf on iSite]
Recommended:
Brune, N.E., & Bossert, T. (2009). Building social capital in post-conflict communities: Evidence from
Nicaragua. Social Science and Medicine, 68(5), 885-893.
Garrett, L.A. (2010). “Messy politics of donor support for HIV.” Council on Foreign Relations Expert
Brief.
Feldbaum, H., K. Lee, and J. Michaud (2010). “Global health and foreign policy.” Epidemiologic Reviews
32(1): 82-92.
Grindle, M., and J. Thomas (1991). Chapter 6: “Implementing Reform: Arena, Stakes and Resources.”
Public Choices and Policy Change: The Political Economy of Reform in Developing Countries.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 121-150.
Perez-Ferrer, C., K. Lock, and J.A. Rivera (2009). “Learning from international policies on trans fatty
acids to reduce cardiovascular disease in low- and middle-income countries, using Mexico as a case
study.” Health Policy and Planning 25:39-49.
Reich, M.R. (2002). "The politics of reforming health policies." Promot Educ. 9(4): 138-42.
Reich, M.R., K. Takemi, et al. (2008). "Global action on health systems: a proposal for the Toyako G8
summit." Lancet. 371:865-69.
Reich MR, Takemi K. (2009). "G8 and Strengthening of Health Systems: Follow-Up to the Toyako G8
Summit." The Lancet 373:508-515.
Shiffman, J. (2007) “Generation of political priority for global health initiatives: a framework and case
study of maternal mortality.”Lancet 370:1370-1379.
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Session 21: Global Health Workforce: Till Bärnighausen, (10/24/12)
Readings subject to change.
Required:
Bärnighausen, T. D.E. Bloom, and S. Humair. (2007). "Human Resources for Treating HIV/AIDS: Needs,
Capabilities and Gaps." AIDS patient care and STDs. 21(11).
Bärnighausen, T., and D.E. Bloom (2009). "Financial incentives for return of service in underserved
areas: a systematic review." BMC Health Services Research 9:86
Bärnighausen, T., and D.E. Bloom (2009). "Changing Research Perspectives on the Global Health
Workforce." NBER Working Paper 15168.
Chen, L.C., T. Evans, S. Anand, et al. (2004). "Human Resources for Health: Overcoming the Crisis."
Lancet. 364 (9449): 1984-1990.
Farmer, P.E., J.J. Furin, and J.T. Katz (2004). "Global Health Equity." Lancet. 363 (9423): 1832.
Kinfu, Y., M.R. Dal Poz, H. Mercer, and D.B. Evans. (2009). "The health worker shortage in Africa: Are
enough physicians and nurses being trained?" Bull World Health Organ. 87:225-230
O’Brien, P., and L.O. Gostin (2008/2009). "Health Worker Shortages and Inequalities: The Reform of
United States Policy.” Global Health Governance 2(2).
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2008). "The looming crisis of the health
workforce: How can OECD countries respond?" (Read the introduction and the case study on Canada.)
Recommended:
Joint Learning Initiative (2004). Human Resources for Health: Overcoming the Crisis. Cambridge, MA.
Harvard University Press.
Marchal, B. and G. Kegels. (2003). “Health workforce imbalances in times of globalization: brain drain
or professional mobility?” Int J Health Plann Mgmt 18:S89–S101.
The Lancet series on Health Workforce, 23 February 2008, Vol 371, No. 9613.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/full?issue_key=S0140-6736(08)X6009-X
Session 22: Assignment I presentations (10/26/12)
No required reading. Students are required to make a short presentation on Assignment I.
Session 23: Review of topics (10/29/12)
No required reading.
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Session 24: Introduction to health systems (10/31/12)
Required:
Frenk, J. (2010). “The World Health Report 2000: expanding the horizon of health system
performance.” Health Policy and Planning 25:343-345.
Hsiao, W. & Siadat, B. (2009). In Search of a Common Conceptual Framework for Health Systems
Strengthening. Draft June 23, 2009 [pdf on iSite]
Hsiao, W. What Is A Health System? Why Should We Care? [pdf on iSite]
Ravishankar, N., P. Gubbins, et al. (2009). “Financing of global health: tracking development assistance
for health from 1990 to 2007.” Lancet 373(9681):2113-2124.
World Health Organization (WHO) (2000). Chapter 1: “Why Do Health Systems Matter?” World Health
Report 2000. Geneva: World Health Organization. pp. 1-19.
WHO Maximizing Positive Synergies Collaborative Group. (2009). "As assessment of interactions
between global health initiatives and country health systems." Lancet. 373:2137-2169.
Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) (2009) [Documentary Film].
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/events/public/2010-livinginemergency/film.cfm
Recommended:
Bialik, C. (2009). “Ill-Conceived Ranking Makes for Unhealthy Debate: In the Wrangle Over Health Care,
a Low Rating for the U.S. System Keeps Emerging Despite Evident Shortcomings in Study.”
The Wall Street Journal Print Edition, page A19.
Biesma, R.G., R. Brugha, et al. (2009). “The effects of global health initiatives on country health systems:
a review of the evidence from HIV/AIDS control.” Health Policy and Planning 24:239–252.
Culyer, A.J. and J.P. Newhouse. Handbook of Health Economics. Volume 1, Part 1 and 2. Elsevier
Publishing, 2008.
Damrongplasit, K., and G.A. Melnick. (2009). “Early results from Thailand’s 30 Baht Health Reform:
Something to Smile About. Health Affairs. 28(3):w457-w466.
Drain, P.K., and M. Barry (2010). “Fifty years of U.S. embargo: Cuba’s health outcomes and lessons.”
Science 328:572-573. [Response letters: Hirschfield, K. (2010). “Cuban health care: consider the
source.” Science 329:627-628; Bodenstein, L. (2010). “Cuban Health Care: Benefits Without Costs.”
Science 329: 628; and Drain, P.K., and M. Barry (2010). “Response.” Science 329: 628.]
The Economist. “Private concerns.” Print edition. Jun 18th 2005.
Frenk, J., E. Gonzalez-Pie, O. Gomez-Dantes, et al. (2006). “Comprehensive reform to improve health
system performance in Mexico.” Lancet, 368(9546): 1524-34.
McKee, M. (2010). “The World Health Report 2000: 10 years on.” Health Policy and Planning 25:346348.
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Murray, C.J.L. and D.B. Evans. Health Systems Performance Assessment: Debates, Methods, and
Empiricism. World Health Organization, 2003.
Musgrove, P. “Judging health systems: reflections on WHO’s methods.” The Lancet, Vol. 361, No. 9371,
pp. 1817-1820.
Omaswa, F. and J.I. Boufford (2010). Strong ministries for strong health systems. An overview of the
study report: Supporting ministerial health leadership: A strategy for health systems strengthening.
Roberts, M. J., W. Hsiao, et al. (2004). Introduction. Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide to Improving
Performance and Equity. M. J. Roberts, W. Hsiao, P. Berman and M. R. Reich. New York, Oxford
University Press. pp. 3-20.
Roberts, M. J., W. Hsiao, P. Berman and M. R. Reich, Eds. (2004). Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide
to Improving Performance and Equity. New York, Oxford University Press.
Towse, A., A. Mills, and V. Tangcharoensathien (2004). “Learning from Thailand’s health reforms.” BMJ,
328 (7431): 103-5.
Travis, P., S. Bennett, et al. (2004). “Overcoming health-systems constraints to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals.“ The Lancet, 364: 900-906.
World Health Organization. (WHO) (2007). Everybody's business: strengthening health systems to
improve health outcomes: WHO’s framework for action. WHO, Geneva.
Barr, M.D. (2001). “Medical savings accounts in Singapore: a critical inquiry.” Journal of Health Politics,
Health Policy and Law. 26(4): 709-26.
Becker, G., K. Murphy, and T. Philipson (2007). “The value of life near its end and terminal care.” NBER
Working Paper 13333. http://www.nber.org/papers/w13333.
Blumenthal, D. and W. Hsiao. (2005). “Privatization and Its Discontents – the Evolving Chinese Health
Care System.” New England Journal of Medicine. 353 (11): 1165-1170.
The Lancet series on Health System Reform in Mexico, 2006. URL:
http://www.thelancet.com/collections/series/health_system_reform_mexico
The Lancet Series on Health Reform in China, 2008. URL:
http://www.thelancet.com/series/health-system-reform-in-china
The Lancet Series on Health Reform in South Africa, 2009 URL:
http://www.thelancet.com/series/health-in-south-africa
Tangcharoensathien, V., S. Wibulpholprasert, and S. Nitayaramphong (2004). “Knowledge-based
changes to health systems: the Thai experience in policy development.” Bull WHO, 82(10):750-6.
Thailand Ministry of Public Health. Chapter 11: “Health Systems Reform and Decentralization in
Thailand Health Profile 2001-2005.”
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Wagstaff, A. (2007). “Health Insurance for the Poor: Initial Impacts of Vietnam’s Health Care Fund for
the Poor.” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3134.
Yip, W., and A. Mahal (2008). "The health care systems of China and India: performance and future
challenges." Health Affairs. 27(4): 921-932
Session 25. Midterm Review (11/2/12)
No required reading.
Session 26: Midterm Exam (11/5/12)
No required reading.
Session 27: Theresa Betancourt: Mental Health (11/7/12)
Required:
Betancourt, TS and T Williams (2008). “Building an evidence base on mental health interventions for
children affected by armed conflict.” Intervention, 6(1): 39 – 56.
Betancourt, TS, II Borisova, TP Williams, RT Brennan, TH Whitfield, M de la Soudiere, J Williamson, SE
Gilman (2009). “Sierra Leone’s Former Child Soldiers: A Follow-up Study of Psychosocial Adjustment
and Community Reintegration.” Child Development 81(4):1077-1095.
Patel, V, AJ Flisher, S Hetrick, P McGorry (2007). “Mental health of young people: a global public-health
Challenge.” Lancet, 369: 1302–13.
Prince, M, V Patel, S Saxena, M Maj, J Maselko, MR Phillips, A Rahman (2007). “No health without
mental health.” Lancet. 370: 859–77.
Session 28: Discussion of readings (11/9/12)
No required reading.
Session 29: Guest lecture (11/14/12)
Required: TBD.
Recommended: TBD.
Session 30: Case (11/16/12)
Required: TBD.
Session 31: Guest lecture: Robert Steinglass (11/19/12)
Required:
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Epidemiology of the unimmunized child: Findings from the grey literature. Prepared by JSI
(IMMUNIZATIONbasics project) for the WHO SAGE (Strategic Advisory Group of Experts). [pdf on
iSite]
Drivers of routine immunization system performance at the district level: Study findings from 3 countries.
ARISE (Africa Routine Immunization System Essentials) Research Brief, 3, 1-18. [pdf on iSite]
Session 32: Priority Setting (11/21/12)
Required:
Canning D. (2006). “The Economics of HIV/AIDS in Low Income Countries: The Case for Prevention.”
Journal of Economic Perspectives. 20 (3): 121-142.
Gonzalez-Pier, E. et al. (2006). “Priority setting for health interventions in Mexico’s System of Social
Protection in Health.” Lancet, 368(9547):1608-1618.
Gruskin S. and N. Daniels (2008). “Process is the Point: Justice and Human Rights: Priority Setting and
Fair Deliberative Process.” American Journal of Public Health 98(9): 1573-1577.
Individual Members of the Faculty of Harvard University (2001). Consensus Statement on
Antiretroviral Treatment for AIDS in Poor Countries.
Sabik, L.M., and R.K. Kie (2008). “Priority setting in health care: Lessons from the experiences of eight
countries.” International Journal for Equity in Health. 7:4. Doi:10.1186/1475-9276-7-4
Viscusi, W.K. and J.E. Aldy (2003). “The Value of a Statistical Life: A Critical Review of Market Estimates
Throughout the World.” The Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 27(1): 5-76.
Recommended:
Antares Project (2008). “On the Determination of Global Health Priorities”, Draft version.
Bobadilla, J. L., P. Cowley, P. Musgrove and H. Saxenian (1994). “Design, content and financing of an
essential national package of health services.“ Bulletin of the World Health Organization 72(4): 653-62.
Bryce, J., R.E. Black, N. Walker, Z.A. Bhutta, J.E. Lawn, and R.W. Steketee (2005). “Can the world afford
to save the lives of 6 million children each year?” Lancet 365:2193-2200.
Daniels, N. (1994) “Four unsolved rationing problems.” Hasting Center Report. 24(4):27-29.
Daniels, N. (2005). “Fair process in patient selection for antiretroviral treatment in WHO’s goal of 3 by
5.” Lancet. 366 (9480): 169-171.
Drummond, M.F. (1997). "Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes. Oxford ;
New York, Oxford University Press.
Gibbs, W.W. (2005). “How Should We Set Priorities?” Scientific American. 293 (3): 108-115.
Jack, W. (1999). Health Projects and the Burden of Disease. Principles of Health Economics for
Developing Countries. W. Jack. Washington, DC, World Bank. pp. 237-269.
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Jamison D., J. G. Breman, A. R. Measham et al. DCP2. (2006). “Disease Control Priorities in Developing
Countries.” Washington DC, Oxford University Press and the World Bank. .
Marmot, M. (2008). “Book: Health in a Just Society.” Lancet 372:881-882.
Musgrove P (1999). “Public spending on health care: how are different criteria related?” Health Policy.
47: 207-223.
World Health Organization (WHO) (2003). Guide to producing national health accounts with special
applications for low-income and middle-income countries. Geneva, WHO.
Session 33. Assignments II Due (11/26/12)
No required reading. Students are required to make a short presentation on Assignment II.
Session 34: Case (11/28/12)
Required: TBD
Sessions 35 and 36: Interventions I and II (11/30/12 and 12/3/12)
Required:
Bloom, D.E., D. Canning and M. Weston (2005). "The Value of Vaccination." World Economics 6(3): 1539.
Bongaarts, J, Sinding, S. (2011). “Population Policy in Transition in the Developing World.” Science
333(6042): 574 –576.
TEDx Talks video: George Whitesides: A lab the size of a postage stamp.
http://www.ted.com/talks/george_whitesides_a_lab_the_size_of_a_postage_stamp.html
Caldwell, J. C., J. F. Phillips, et al. (2002). "The Future of Family Planning Programs." Studies in Family
Planning 33(1): 1-10.
Daar, A.S., H. Thorsteinsdottir, D. K. Martin, et al. (2002). "Top ten biotechnologies for improving health
in developing countries." Nature Genetics 32(2): 229-32.
Frost, L.J., and M.R. Reich. (2009). "Creating Access to Health Technologies in Poor Countries." Health
Affairs. 28(4):962-973.
Gaziano, T.A, G. Galea, and K.S. Reddy. (2007). "Scaling up interventions for chronic disease prevention:
the evidence." Lancet 370(9603): 1939-1946
Lamstein, J. (2010). “Re-discovering U.S. leadership: An unlikely contender.” Huffington Post, January
8, 2010.
Barnighausen, T, Bloom, D, Humair S. (2011). “Going Horizontal — Shifts in Funding of Global Health
Interventions.” New England Journal of Medicine. 364(23): 2181-2183.
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Reich, M.R (2000). "The Global Drug Gap." Science. 287: 1979-1981.
Bill Gates’ 2.5B toilet. Infographics: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/infographics/Pages/reinventthe-toilet-info.aspx. Challenge:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/watersanitationhygiene/Documents/wsh-reinvent-the-toiletchallenge.pdf
Cutler DM & Lleras-Muney A (2012). “Education and Health: Insights from International Comparisons.”
National Bureau of Economic Research, working paper.
Habicht JP, Victora CG, & Vaughan JP (1999). “Evaluation designs for adequacy, plausibility, and
probability of public health programme performance and impact.” International Journal of
Epidemiology, 28, 10-18.
Hasselberg, Erin (2010). Logistics matters: Why you should care about the supply chain. John Snow
Incorporated. [pdf on iSite]
Recommended:
HERMES: A computational tool to design, plan and manage vaccine supply chains.
https://vaccinemodeling.pitt.edu/index.php/hermes-resources/53-hermes-section/hermes-cat
Bärnighausen T, Bloom DE, Cafiero ET, O'Brien JC. (2012). Economic evaluation of vaccination:
capturing the full benefits, with an application to human papillomavirus. Clinical Microbiology and
Infection 18 (Suppl. 5): 1–7
Bongaarts, J. and S.W. Sinding. (2009). "A Response to Critics of Family Planning Programs."
International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 35(1): 39-44.
Oliveira-Cruz, V., C. Kurowski and A. Mills (2003). "Delivery of priority health services: searching for
synergies within the vertical versus horizontal debate." Journal of International Development. 15(1):
67-86.
Allan Guttmacher Institute (2004). “Beyond slogans: lessons from Uganda’s ABC experience.” Issues
Brief (Alan Guttmacher Institute). 2: 1-4.
Angell, M. (2004). “The Truth About the Drug Companies.” July 15, 2004. New York Review of Books.
51(12).
Attaran, A. (2004). “How do patents and economic policies affect access to essential medicines in
developing countries?“ Health Aff (Millwood). 23(3): 155-66.
Bhutta Z.A., S. Ali, S. Cousens, T.M. Ali, B.A. Haider, A. Rizvi, P. Okong, S.Z. Bhutta, and R.E. Black (2008)
“Interventions to address maternal, newborn, and child survival: what difference can integrated
primary health strategies make?” Lancet 372: 972-989.
Bleakley, H., and M. Wasserman (2008). “Shining light on a neglected disease: Eradicating hookworm
in the U.S. South brought about dramatic changes. We can do the same in Africa.” The Chicago Tribune,
March 4, 2008.
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Bloom, D.E. (2005). “Education and Public Health: Mutual Challenges Worldwide.” Comparative
Education Review. 49 (4). (in press).
Bloom, D.E, L. Bloom, P. DeLay, et al. (2007). World Economics. 8 (4) October–December.
Brownell, K.D., T. Farley, W.C. Willett, B.M. Popkin, F.J. Chaloupka, J.W. Thompson, and D.S. Ludwig
(2009). “The public health and economic benefits of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages.” NEJM
361(16):1599-1605.
Clinton, H.R. (2010). Remarks on the 15th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population
and Development.
Coyne, C. (2008). “The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done
About It.” Economic Affairs. 28(1): 82-83.
Cutler, D., and A. Lleras-Nuney (2006) “Education and Health: Evaluating Theories and Evidence.”
National Poverty Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy University of Michigan.
The Economist. “HALE and healthy.” From the print edition. April 14th, 2005.
Gertler, P. J. and J. W. Molyneaux (1994). “How Economic Development and Family Planning Programs
Combined to Reduce Indonesian Fertility.” Demography. 31(1): 33-63.
Gillespie, D. et al. (2007). "Scaling Up Health Technologies." Prepared for the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation.
Gokhale, K. (2009). “A Global Surge in Tiny Loans Spurs Credit Bubble in a Slum.” Wall Street Journal
India. August 14th, 2009.
Hartsfield, D., A.D. Moulton, and L. McKie (2007). A Review of Model Public Health Laws. American
Journal of Public Health, 97:s56-s61.
Heart and Stroke Foundation (2005). “Interventions Related to Obesity: A State of the Evidence
Review.” Ottawa: Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Iyenger, S.S., and M.R. Lepper (2000) “When Choice is Demotivating: Can One Desire Too Much of a
Good thing?” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 79(6): 995-1006.
Janssens, B., et al. (2007) Offering integrated care for HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and hypertension within
chronic disease clinics in Cambodia. Bull WHO 85: 880-885.
Jejeebhoy, S.J., and M.P. Sebastian (2003). Actions that protect: Promoting sexual and reproductive
health and choice among young people in India. Population Council Working Paper Number 18.
Johnson, E.J., and D. Goldstein (2003) “Do Defaults Save Lives?” Science. 302: 1338-1339.
Laurance, J. (2009). “The polypill: medicine’s magic bullet.” The Independent, March 31, 2009.
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McIntosh, C.A. and J.L. Finkle (1995). “The Cairo Conference on Population and Development: A New
Paradigm?“ Population and Development Review. 21(2): 223-260.
Miller, G. (2005) “Contraception as Development? New Evidence from Family Planning in Colombia.”
NBER working paper 11704.
Levine, R. (2004) Chapter 1: “Eradicating Polio.” Millions Saved. Washington DC: Centre for Global
Development. pp. 1-12.
OECD and World Health Organization (WHO) (2003). DAC Guidelines and Reference Series: Poverty
and Health. Paris, OECD Publications. (available in Countway)
Pauly, M.V. (2001). “Medical savings accounts in Singapore: what can we know?“ Journal of Health
Politics, Health Policy and Law. 26(4): 727-31.
Rahman, M., J. DaVanzo, et al. (2001). “Do better family planning services reduce abortion in
Bangladesh?“ The Lancet. 358(9287): 1051-1056.
Reich, M.R., ed., (2002). Public-Private Partnerships for Public Health. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press. Chapters 2 and 3.
Save the Children (2007). State of the World’s Mothers 2007: Saving the lives of Children Under 5.
Sen, G., A. Germain and L.C. Chen (1994). Population Policies Reconsidered: Health, Empowerment,
and Rights. Boston, New York, Distributed by Harvard University Press.
Seltzer, J.R. (2002). Chapter Two: The Origins and Evolution of Family Planning Programs in
Developing Countries. J. R. Seltzer, Rand Corporation and Population Matters (Project). Santa Monica,
CA, Rand: 9-44.
Sepulveda, J. et al. “Improvement of child survival in Mexico: the diagonal approach.” The Lancet, Vol.
368, No. 9551, pp. 2017-2027.
Sloan, F.A., V.K. Smith and D.H. Taylor Jr.(2005) Chapter 9: “Policy and Implications.” The Smoking
Puzzle. pp 217-242.
Thaler, R. (1999) “Mental Accounting Matters.” Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 12: 183-206.
The Lancet Series on Chronic Diseases 2007, 2005. URL:
http://www.thelancet.com/collections/series/chronic_diseases
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2000). Energy and Social Issues, Chapter 2. World
Energy Assessment: Energy and the Challenge of Sustainability. United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP). New York, NY, UNDP. pp. 40-60.
World Bank (1993). Overview. World Development Report 1993: Investing in Health. World Bank.
Washington, D.C., Oxford University Press.
World Health Organization (2009). “Interventions on diet and physical activity: What works. Summary
Report.” Geneva: World Health Organization.
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World Malaria Report 2005 (2005). “A 5-Minute Briefing.” Geneva: World Health Organization.
Zwane, A.P., and M. Kremer (2007). “What works in fighting diarrheal diseases in developing
countries? A critical review.” NBER working paper 12987. http://www.nber.org/papers/w12987.
Session 37: Barry Bloom: Global health governance (12/5/12)
Required:
World Health Organization. Constitution of the World Health Organization. Pp. 1-8.
Bloom, D. (2007). “Governing global health.” Finance & Development. 44(4).
Gavin Yamey. (2002). “Why does the world still need WHO?” BMJ. 325:1294–8
Denis Aitken. “WHO responds.” BMJ 2003;326:217
Jack Chow. (2010). ”Is the WHO becoming irrelevant?” Foreign Policy.
Bloom, B.R. (2011). “WHO needs change”. Nature 2011; 473:143-145.
McCoy, D., S. Chand et al. (2009). “Global health funding: how much, where it comes from and where it
goes.” Health Policy and Planning. 24(6):407-417.
Sridhar, D., S. Khagram and T. Pang (2009). “Are Existing Governance Structures Equipped to Deal with
Today's Global Health Challenges? Towards Systematic Coherence in Scaling-Up.” Global Health
Governance 2(2).
World Bank. “Health, Nutrition and Population Strategy – Healthy Development 2007.” Minimum –
Read Exec. Summary [pp11-19]; Ideally, Read entire Report (to p.99).
Garrett, L. (2012). “Global health hits crisis point.” Nature, 482, 7.
Recommended:
Clark, W.C., N.A. Szlezak, S. Moon, B. Bloom, G. T. Keusch, C.M. Michaud, D.T. Jameson, J. Frenk, and W. L.
Kilama (2010). “The global health system: Institutions in a time of transition. CID Working Paper No.
193.”
Brown, T.M., M. Cueto, and E. Fee (2006). “The World Health Organization and the transition from
International to Global Public Health.” American Journal of Public Health 96:62-72.
Lee, K. (2009). The World Health Organization (WHO). New York, Routledge.
Marshall, K. (2008). The World Bank: From reconstruction to development to equity.
New York, Routledge.
World Bank (2009). Improving Effectiveness and Outcomes for the Poor in Health, Nutrition, and
Population: An Evaluation of World Bank Group Support Since 1997. Washington DC, World Bank.
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Session 38: Assignment 3 Presentations (12/7/12)
No required reading. Students are required to make a short presentation on Assignment III.
Session 39: Implementation (12/10/12)
Required:
Berwick, D. (2003). “Disseminating innovations in health care.” JAMA, 289 (15): 1969-1975.
Schorr, L.B. (2012). “Broader evidence for bigger impact.” Stanford Social Innovation Review: Fall
2012.
Gawande, A. (2012). Big med. The New Yorker: August 13, 2012.
Bloom, D.E., and E. Cafiero (2010). “Toward better public health implementation.” In Pamela Hoyt,
Joyce Fitzpatrick, and Barry H. Smith, eds., Problem Solving for Better Health: A Global Perspective.
New York: Springer, 2010. [pdf on iSite]
Bloom DE & Mckinnon R. (2012). The design and implementation of public pension systems in
developing countries: Issues and opinions. Submitted for Publication. Confidential copy can be
downloaded on the course iSite.
Ganz, M. (2010) “Leading change: Leadership, organization, and social movements.” In Nohria, N. and
R. Khurana, Eds. (2010). Handbook of leadership theory and practice: A Harvard Business School
Colloquium. Boston: Harvard Business Press.
McCannon, C.J. (2007). “The Science of Large-Scale Change in Global Health.” JAMA, Vol. 298, No. 16, pp.
1937-1939.
Madon, T., K.J. Hofman, L. Kupfer, and R.I. Glass. (2007). “Implementation Science.” Science, 318
(5857): 1728-1729.
Natsios, A. (2010). “The Clash of the Counter-bureaucracy and Development.” Center for Global
Development Essay. [Read pp. 1-15].
Tsui, A.O., J. N. Wasserheit, et al. (1997). “Chapter 6: Program Design and Implementation.” In A. O.
Tsui, J. N. Wasserheit, J. Haaga and National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Reproductive Health.
Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: expanding dimensions, building solutions. Washington,
D.C.: National Academy Press. pp. 146-177. [pdf on iSite]
Recommended:
Eichler, R., R. Levine, and the Performance-Based Incentives Working Group (2009). Performance
Incentives for Global Health: Potential and Pitfalls. Baltimore, Brookings Institution Press
Lavis, J.N., A.D. Oxman, R. Moynihan, and E. J. Paulsen (2008). “Evidence-informed health policy ISynthesis of findings from multi-method study of organizations that support the use of research
evidence.” Implementation Science. 3:53.
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Alvord, Sarah H., L. David Brown, and Christine W. Letts. “Social Entrepreneurship Leadership that
Facilitates Societal Transformation—An Exploratory Study.”
Barker, P.M., C.J. McCannon, et al. (2007) “Strategies for the Scale-Up of Antiretroviral Therapy in
South Africa through Health Systems Optimization.” The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 196(Suppl 3):
S457-463.
Berwick, D.M. (1996). “A primer on leading the improvement of systems.” BMJ, 312(7031): 619-622.
Berwick, D.M., D.R. Calkins, C.J. McCannon, and A.D. Hackbarth. “The 100,000 Lives Campaign: setting a
goal and a deadline for improving health care quality.” JAMA, 295(3): 324-327.
Bhattacharyya, O. , S. Khor, A. McGahan, D. Dunne, A. S. Daar, and P.A. Singer (2010). “Innovative health
service delivery models in low and middle income countries- what can we learn from the private
sector?” Health Research Policy and Systems 8:24.
Bhuyan, A., A. Jorgensen, and S. Sharma (2010). “Taking the Pulse of Policy: The Policy
Implementation Assessment Tool.” Washington, DC: Futures Group, Health Policy Initiative, Task
Order 1. [Supporting documentation available on:
http://www.healthpolicyinitiative.com/policyimplementation/]
Dees, J. Gregory. (1998). “The Meaning of “Social Entrepreneurship.” Center for Social Innovation,
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University & Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial
Leadership, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
Drayton, W., C. Brown, and K. Hillhouse. (2006). “Integrating social entrepreneurs into the ‘health for
all’ formula.” Bull WHO, 84(8): 591-592.
Duhigg, C. (2008). Warning: Habits May Be Good for You. New York Times, July 13, 2008.
ExpandNet: Scaling-Up Health Service Innovations. URL: http://www.expandnet.net/
Gates, B. (2008). Making capitalism more creative. TIME Magazine. July 31.
Graham, H. (2010). “Where is the future in public health?” The Milbank Quarterly 88:149-168.
Gruenberg, E.M. (1977). “The failures of success.” Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly Health Society. 55
(1): 3-24.
Haines, A., S. Kuruvilla, and M. Borchert.(2004). “Bridging the implementation gap between knowledge
and action for health.” Bull WHO 82: 724-732.
Kinsella, K. and D.R. Phillips. “Global Aging: The Challenge of Success.” Population Bulletin. 60 (1): 144.
Lindblom, C.E.(1959). “The Science of “Muddling Through” Public Administration Review,19 (2): 7988.
Management Sciences for Health (2005). Managers Who Lead. Cambridge, MA: Management Sciences
for Health.
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Martin, Roger L. and Sally Osberg. Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition. Stanford Social
Innovation Review, Spring 2007.
Moss Kanter, R. (2010). “Leadership in a globalizing world.” In Nohria, N. and R. Khurana, Eds. (2010).
Handbook of leadership theory and practice: A Harvard Business School Colloquium. Boston: Harvard
Business Press. (pp. 569-609)
New York Times Editorial (2008). Measles returns. August 24, 2008.
Oliveira-Cruz, V., K. Hanson, et al. (2003). “Approaches to overcoming constraints to effective health
service delivery: a review of the evidence.” Journal of International Development. 15(1): 41-65.
PEPFAR and the fight against HIV/AIDS (Editorials). (2007). Lancet 369: 1141.
Spratt, K. (2009). “Policy implementation barriers analysis: Conceptual framework and pilot test in
three countries.” Washington, DC: Futures Group, Health Policy Initiative, Task Order I.
Stengel, R (2008). Mandela: His 8 lessons of leadership. Time Magazine. July 9, 2008.
Sterman, J. (2000). Business Dynamics: systems thinking and modeling for a complex world.
Irwin/McGraw-Hill.
Subbaro, K and D. Coury (2004). Reaching Out to Africa’s Orphans: A Framework for Action.
Washington DC: The World Bank. 166
UNDP (2005). Investing in Development. A Practical Plan to Achieve the MDGs.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2000). Healthy People 2010. 2nd ed. Chapter 11:
“Health Communication” Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Victora, C.G., R.E. Black, J.T. Boerma, and J. Bryce (2011). “Measuring impact in the Millennium
Development Goal era and beyond: a new approach to large-scale effectiveness evaluations. Lancet
377(9759), 85-95..
World Health Organization. (2006). “Bridging the ‘Know-Do’ Gap. Meeting on Knowledge Translation
in Global Health.” 10-12 October 2005, Geneva, Switzerland.
Yang, A. P., P.E. Farmer, and A.M.McGahan (2010). “ ‘Sustainability’ in global health.” Global Public
Health 5(2):129-135.
Session 40: Guest lecture (12/12/12)
Required: TBD.
Session 41: Final Exam Review (12/14/12)
No required reading.
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Session 42: Final Exam (12/17/12)
No required reading
Session 43: Wrap up and the future of global health (12/19/12)
Recommended
Laxminarayan, R. (2012). A matter of life and death. Milken Institute Review (July 2012). Can be
downloaded from http://www.cddep.org/publications/matter_life_and_death
Diamond, J.W. (2005). Chapter 14: Why do some societies make disastrous decisions? Collapse. New
York: Penguin Books. pp. 419-440.
Egger, G. (2009). “Health, ‘Illth,’ and Economic Growth. Medicine, Environment, and Economics at the
Crossroads.” Am J Prev Med. 37(1):78-83.
Institute of Medicine (1997). Summary. America's Vital Interest in Global Health. Institute of Medicine.
Washington, DC, National Academy Press.
Koplan, J.P. and D.W. Fleming. (2000). Current and Future Public Health Challenges. JAMA 284: 16961698.
The Lancet series on Avian Flu, 2006-7. URL: http://www.thelancet.com/collections/avian_flu2007
Lutz, W., W. Sanderson and S. Scherbov (2001). “The end of world population growth.” Nature
412(6846): 543-545.
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The movie Contagion, could it actually happen?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grH79bBY8pI
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Notable Readings
Books
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Diamond, J.W. (2005). Collapse. New York: Penguin Books.
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University, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
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Murray, C.J.L. and D.B. Evans. (2003). Health systems performance assessment: debates, methods and
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mortality and disability from diseases, injuries, and risk factors in 1990 and projected to 2020.
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for Population and Development Studies.
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Sachs, J. (2005). The End of Poverty. New York: Penguin Press.
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Vital Wave Consulting (2009). “mHealth for Development: The Opportunity of Mobile Technology for
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Weiss, T. G., and R. Wilkinson (Eds.) Routledge series on Global Institutions:
http://www.routledge.com/books/series/global_institutions_GI/
World Health Organization (2005). Preventing chronic disease: A vital investment. Geneva: WHO.
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World Health Organization (2009). Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda. Geneva:
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World Health Organization (2010). World Health Statistics. Geneva: WHO
Articles
The Lancet Series on Newborn, child, and maternal survival, 2006-8. URL:
http://www.thelancet.com/collections/child2007
The Lancet series on ‘Health Statistics, 2007-8. URL:
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The Lancet Series on HIV/AIDS. 2008. URL: http://www.thelancet.com/collections/hiv2008
The Lancet Series on Malaria, 2007-8 URL: http://www.thelancet.com/collections/malaria2007
The Lancet Series on Tuberculosis 2008. URL: http://www.thelancet.com/collections/tb2008
The Lancet series on ‘Who Counts?’, 2007-8. URL: http://www.thelancet.com/online/focus/whocounts/collection
AbouZahr, C., J. Cleland, F. Coullare, S.B. Macfarlane, F.C. Notzon, P. Setel, S. Szreter, and and on behalf
of the Monitoring of Vital Events (MoVE) writing group. “The way forward.” The Lancet, 370(9601):
1791-1799.
Gawande, A. (2009). “The cost conundrum: What a Texas town can teach us about health care.” The
New Yorker. June 1, 2009.
Hill. K., A.D. Lopez, K. Shibuya, P. Jha, and on behalf of the Monitoring of Vital Events (MoVE) writing
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Lopez, A.D., C. AbouZahr, K. Shibuya and L. Gollogly. “Keeping count: births, deaths, and causes of
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Mahapatra, P., K. Shibuya, A.D. Lopez, F. Coullare, F.C. Notzon, C. Rao, S. Szreter, and on behalf of the
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successes and missed opportunities.” The Lancet, 370(9599): 1653-1663.
AbouZahr, C., S. Adjei, and C. Kanchanachitra. “From data to policy: good practices and cautionary
tales.” The Lancet, 369(9566): 1039-1046
Walker, N., J. Bryce, and R.E. Black. “Interpreting health statistics for policymaking: the story behind
the headlines.” The Lancet, 369(9565): 956-963
Murray, C.J.L. “Towards good practice for health statistics: lessons from the Millennium Development
Goal health indicators.” The Lancet, 369(9564): 862-873
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Murray, C.J.L. and J. Frenk. (2008). “Health metrics and evaluation: strengthening the science.” The
Lancet, 371: 1191-1199.
Boerma, J.T., and S.K. Stansfield. “Health statistics now: are we making the right investments?” The
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Philip Osafo-Kwaako. Improving health statistics in Africa. The Lancet,
370(9598): 1527-1528
Philip W Setel, Sarah B Macfarlane, Simon Szreter, Lene Mikkelsen, Prabhat Jha, Susan Stout, Carla
AbouZahr and on behalf of the Monitoring of Vital Events (MoVE) writing group. A scandal of
invisibility: making everyone count by counting everyone. The Lancet, 370(9598): 1569-1577
Sridhar, D., and L. Gostin (Guest Eds.) (2008-2009). Innovations in global health in the new political
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UNAIDS (2008). Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.
UNAIDS (2009). AIDS Epidemic Update 2009.
http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2009/JC1700_Epi_Update_2009_en.pdf
Improved data, methods and tools for the 2007 HIV and AIDS estimates and projections. (2008).
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