Scaling Up Iran's Triangular Clinic

This resource pack provides basic resources for learning and teaching about the fundamental concept of "global health governance" and "global governance for health". Both are relevant to how we respond as a global society to the transfer of global risks across borders (e.g., emerging diseases and pandemics, antimicrobial resistance, tobacco, etc.) and to complex risks that no one nation or sector can tackle alone (e.g., climate change, displaced populations, geopolitical conflict). Both involve a wide…

This case follows the decision-making process of the retiring director of the Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health (TTCIH) as he develops a plan for success in a changing health education landscape. Founded in the early 2000s, TTCIH was created to improve trained health care worker resources in rural Tanzania. The case provides an overview of TTCIH’s unique health care collaboration between private industry, a public health institute, local stakeholders and educators, and the Tanzanian…

This fact sheet from the Rural Health Information Hub examines and provides evidence for the differences in health outcomes between rural and urban populations. Health disparities, according to the fact sheet, are defined as differences in health status when compared to the population as a whole―normally characterized by higher disease burden, differences in mortality rates, and decreased life expectancy. This guide is organized by a list of frequently asked questions that addresses the distinction between…