The Outline of《Healthy China initiative and international health cooperation》

Basic Teaching Information

1.Course Introduction

The main objective of this course is to introduce China’s healthy initiative that aims to reach goals three of the United Nations’ Sustainability Development Agenda initiated in 2015. In the Healthy China Initiative, international health cooperation is an important part that China plays an important role in the international platform. Therefore, the following lectures will invite several lecturers to give talks in multiple international health cooperation themes, including different types of health issues, international health cooperation projects conducted in Middle- and Low-Income countries.

Lecture 1- Public health security governance in ASEAN

This lecture will discuss the Pandemic preparedness and response in member states in the region of ASEAN, especially focusing on four pillars in health system, which are health financing, health workforce, health information systems, and health governance.

Lecture 2- Pandemic preparedness and response: the role of WPRO

This lecture will introduce cases that how WPRO had been done when there are infectious diseases outbreaks, PHEIC, or pandemic in the region or the world, including building capabilities and capacities with the support of WPRO.

Lecture 3 - Global health and One health from the perspective of US CDC

This lecture will introduce initiatives, actions that US CDC China office has implemented with the cooperation of Chinese institutions, including CDCs, academia, non-governmental organizations.

Lecture 4- Environmental health and climate change

This lecture could provide an introduction to global strategy on health, environment and climate change, which includes the transformation needed to improve lives and wellbeing sustainably through healthy environments.

Lecture 5- Use of health economic evaluation in health projects

This lecture will discuss the fundamental concepts of health economic evaluation, including cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, and cost-benefit analysis, and how these methods can be applied to evaluate health projects, interventions, and policies. The lecture may also highlight challenges and limitations of health economic evaluation, including issues related to data availability, uncertainty, and ethical considerations, and discuss strategies to overcome these challenges in real-world health project settings.

Lecture 6 - Belt & Road health cooperation

Belt & Road health cooperation is one of the most important components of China’s Belt & Road Initiative. This module will introduce the plan of developing Belt & Road health cooperation.

Lecture 7- Universal Health Coverage in Western Pacific Region

The lecture will provide an overview of UHC as a global health policy goal, including its definition, principles, and importance in achieving equitable access to quality healthcare for all populations. This may also include discussing the historical and current status of UHC efforts in the Western Pacific Region, which comprises countries such as China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and other Pacific Island nations. It will involve discussing country-specific experiences, best practices, and lessons learned in advancing UHC in the region, as well as highlighting innovations and strategies to address UHC-related gaps and disparities.

Lecture 8- Global aging

Aging is emerging in many developing countries. However, these countries are not prepared for providing long term care to the aging population financially and technically. This lecture will introduce how to support healthy aging at different steps between developed and developing countries.

2. The Allocation of Content and Lecture Hours

3.Assessment Methods and Marking Criterion

Each student will submit a research plan related to any themes in this course. All lectures will mark a score and the final score will be averaged.

4.Textbooks and References

《“健康中国2030”规划纲要》辅导读本，李斌，人民卫生出版社

《中非卫生合作：国际发展援助理论的探索与创新》，鲁新，人民卫生出版社

《国际卫生项目管理》，张朝阳等，人民卫生出版社

选课后，每个学生上课前一周收到英文文献的阅读包。