Please note the dates for this course are March 7-8, 2012 
and not March 8-9, 2012 as indicated in the email. 

Course Information

Location: Carleton University

Price: $950.00 + HST (total = $1,073.50) until March 1, 2012. $1,150 + HST (total $1299.50) after March 1, 2012

Registration: Click here to fill out the registration form for this course. Please return the form to Teale Irwin or by fax at (613) 520-3981.

Contact: Please contact Teale Irwin if you have any questions about the course, or if you wish to organize a custom training course for your organisation.

Course Description

Global Health Policy is an intensive two-day course on the fundamentals of global health policy design, negotiation and implementation. The course focuses on the practical, with instructors working directly with the participants on the issues relevant to their responsibilities in government, professional associations, and the private sector. 

There is a specific focus in this professional training course on Canada’s engagement in global health diplomacy through the G8, focusing on maternal and child health. These sessions will be led by four of Canada’s leading researchers and practitioners in Canadian global health.

Course size is limited to 20 participants to provide direct interaction and engagement of all participants in the discussions.

Topics to be covered include:

• Essential facts on health systems and global health challenges
• Overview of key ongoing or recently completed international negotiations on the global health agenda
• Canada’s global health priorities and constructing a coherent health strategy
• Case studies: Muskoka Initiative on maternal, newborn and child health, UN High-Level Meeting on non-communicable diseases, International Health Regulations, Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework.

This course will help government officials and others who are relatively new to global health to put the complex web of issues facing Canada into context. For those with more experience, this is an ideal opportunity to get beyond the basics and gain important insight into how your organization's interests fit into the bigger picture. Based on several years' experience providing training to federal government departments in Canada and around the world, this course distills key issues and approaches into an intensive two-day session. Because of the small class size, participants will have a greater opportunity to explore their interests and concerns through direct dialogue with global health policy experts.

To see the course agenda, click here.
 
Instructors

• Dr. Chantal Blouin, Associate Director, Centre for Trade Policy and Law

• Dr. Nick Drager, Adjunct Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. Former senior official at the World Health Organisation

• Bente Molenaar-Neufeld, Research Associate, Centre for Trade Policy and Law, contributor to the Health Diplomacy Monitor

• Dr. Val Percival, Assistant Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. (Former senior health advisor, DFAIT and CIDA. Former Project director at the International Crisis Group)

 What you will receive:

• Two days of intensive discussion, debate, and case studies on pertinent global health policy and negotiation issues
• Detailed course manual, readings, and texts
• Coffee breaks will be provided