Definitions
The system of institutions, rules, and processes that influence global health policy and funding.
What is Global Health Governance?
This UN agency is the leading international body for coordinating global health efforts.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
Who said “You say you love your children above all else. And yet you are stealing their future.” at the 2018 UN Climate Change Conference
Who is Greta Thunberg?
This controversial US president temporarily cut WHO funding, claiming the organization had mismanaged the COVID-19 response.
Who is Donald Trump?
This US agency is (was) a major funder of global health initiatives, particularly in low-income countries.
This 2011 Hollywood film, featuring a global pandemic, became eerily relevant during COVID-19.
What is Contagion?
Private organizations like this foundation have gained significant influence over global health funding and policy, funding, and policy.
What is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?
Imbalances in authorship are a symptom of a bigger problem: imbalances in ____ in academic global health.
What is power?
The popular singer from Colombia recently had to postpone her concerts due to stomach pain.
Who is Shakira?
This model of field research, typically led and managed by expatriate staff, involves research sites that are often detached from local institutions. While it has produced important research, it is now critiqued for attracting academics away from national institutions and failing to translate findings into policy.
What is the "annexed site" model?
The 2009 US Commitment to Global Health report argued that both the public and private sectors should play a role in global health. This US institution authored the report.
What is the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine)?
This hit K-pop group partnered with UNICEF for a global campaign on youth well-being and mental health.
What is BTS?
This global financing organization plays a critical role in funding health programs in low-income countries.
What is the World Bank?
This celebrity's foundation has advocated for the distribution of life-saving vaccines to low-income countries, particularly in Africa.
Who is Rihanna?