The first session of Governing Pandemics 101 will focus on the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic, current weaknesses in the global health system, and reforms to improve the governance of outbreaks.

programme

• Introduction: How will this course work? (watch recording)
• Mini-lecture 1: What is the global health system (“architecture”) and what are the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for this system? (watch recording)
• Mini-lecture 2: What are the weaknesses exposed by Covid-19, and what reforms are on the agenda? (watch recording)

Speaker

• Suerie Moon, Professor of Practice, The Graduate Institute, Geneva; Co-Director, Global Health Centre

Readings

• Frenk J, Moon S (2013) Governance Challenges in Global Health, The New England Journal of Medicine.
• Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness & Response (2021) Second Report on Progress, Report prepared for the WHO Executive Board.

      Supplemental Reading

• Bezruki A, Moon S (2021) Post-covid reforms: Can we avoid fighting the last war? The BMJ.