Join a global health community in analyzing how power structures shape the response to disease with the Harvard VPAL Global Health Delivery online short course. In this course, you will analyze the spread of Ebola, HIV/AIDS, and MDR-TB and the effect on mental health around the world. As you progress, you’ll consider how you can integrate learnings from these examples into your own practices. You’ll learn the interrelated biological and social factors that impact complex global health challenges and contextualize them by reviewing case studies. By the end of the course, you’ll have compiled a health intervention plan for real-world applications.

This online short course is presented entirely online, in collaboration with leaders in digital education, GetSmarter, a brand of 2U, Inc. Technology meets academic rigor in GetSmarter’s people-mediated model, which enables lifelong learners across the globe to obtain industry-relevant skills that are certified by the world’s most reputable academic institutions. This interactive, supportive teaching model is designed for busy professionals. View the Harvard VPAL Global Health Delivery online short course on the GetSmarter website to find out about upcoming course dates, the course price, and further information.

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During this course, you’ll:

• Network with a peer group of global health change-makers in classwide forums.
• Understand how the change management process affords you space and confidence to rethink conventional healthcare approaches.
• Share your digital portfolio of evidence created in the course as proof of your commitment to an evolving, interdisciplinary field.

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