Week 1

Health Diplomacy

·      “Oslo Ministerial Declaration—global health: a pressing foreign policy issue of our time” <http://www.who.int/trade/events/Oslo_Ministerial_Declaration.pdf>

·        David P. Fidler, “The globalization of public health: the first 100 years of international health diplomacy”, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001, 79: 842–849 https://extranet.who.int/iris/restricted/bitstream/10665/74977/1/bu1313.pdf

·        Nick Drager and David P. Fidler, “Foreign policy, trade and health: at the cutting edge of global health diplomacy”, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol. 85, No. 3, 2007; http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/3/07-041079.pdf

·        Obijiofor Aginam, “Cooperation key to curbing Ebola”, Japan Times, 22 August 2014; http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/08/22/commentary/world-commentary/cooperation-key-to-curbing-ebola/#.Vs7CEOZ8ohJ

·        Kelley Lee, et al, “Bridging health and foreign policy: the role of health impact Assessments”, Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2007; Vol. 85 No.3 pp207-211; http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/3/06-037077.pdf

·        Ilona Kicksbusch, et al, “Global health diplomacy: the need for new perspectives, strategic approaches and skills in global health”, Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2007; Vol. 85 No.3, http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/3/06-039222.pdf

·        David P. Fidler, “Reflections on the revolution in health and foreign policy”, Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2007; Vol. 85 No.3, http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/3/07-041087.pdf

·        Julio Frenk & Suerie Moon, “Governance Challenges in Global Health” New England Journal of Medicine 368 March 7, 2013, pp936-942, http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1109339

·        D. Yach and D. Bettcher, “The Globalization of Public Health, I: Threats and Opportunities”, 1998, Vol.88 No.5 American Journal of Public Health, pp735-744, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1508933/pdf/amjph00017-0025.pdf

·        D. Yach and D. Bettcher, “The globalization of public health, II: The convergence of self-interest and altruism”, 1998, Vol.88 No.5 American Journal of Public Health, pp738-741, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1508947/pdf/amjph00017-0028.pdf

   Obijiofor Aginam, John Harrington & Peter K. Yu, eds., The Global Governance of HIV/AIDS: Intellectual Property and Access to Essential Medicines (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2013)

Obijiofor Aginam, “Health or Trade? A Critique of Contemporary Approaches to Global Health Diplomacy”, Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp.355-380,       September          2010, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1729461&download=yes

Some Useful Web Sites:

The World Health Organization; www.who.int Global Health Governance: The Scholarly Journal for the New Health Security Paradigm; http://blogs.shu.edu/ghg/

Bulletin of the World Health Organization; http://www.who.int/bulletin/en/

Global Health Program, Council on Foreign Relations, http://www.cfr.org/projects/world/global-health-program/pr1240

Global Health Security; Chatham House, http://www.chathamhouse.org/research/global-health

Global Health Diplomacy Monitor, Centre for Trade Law and Policy, Carleton University, Ottawa, http://www.ghd-net.org/health-diplomacy-action/health-diplomacy-monitor

United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, http://iigh.unu.edu/

Ilona Kicksbusch, Graham Lister, Michaela Told and Nick Drager, eds., Global Health Diplomacy: Concepts, Issues, Actors, Instruments, Fora and Cases (New York: Springer, 2013)

David P. Fidler, “The challenges of global health governance”, (New York: Council on Foreign Relations,            2010),    http://www.cfr.org/global-governance/challenges-global-health-governance/p22202

Mark W. Zacher & Tania Keefe, The Politics of Global Health Governance: United By Contagion (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2008)

Wolfgang Hein, Sonja Bartsch & Lars Kohlmorgen, eds., Global Health Governance and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)

Andrew F. Cooper, John J. Kirton & Ted Schrecker, eds., Governing Global Health: Challenge, Response, Innovation (Ashgate, 2007)

The CARTA Philosophy network & Structure

Bertone MP, Meessen B, Claryse G et al.: Assessing communities of practice in health policy: a conceptual framework as a first step towards empirical research. Health Research Policy and Systems 2013 11:39. http://www.health-policy-systems.com/content/11/1/39

Ezeh, A.C., Izugbara, C.O., Kabiru, C.W., et al. (2010). ‘Building capacity for public and population health research in Africa: the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) model.’ Global Health Action, 5: 5693 – DOI: 0.3402/gha.v3i0.5693. http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/5693

Izugbara, Chimaraoke (2011) The Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA): a new strategy for developing research capacity in Africa. Research Global Magazine (RG2), Association of Commonwealth Universities. Issue 1, Pgs. 2 & 8. Accessible at https://www.acu.ac.uk/publications 

Plagiarism and other Scholarship values  

1.      Blackwell Publishing. Copyright FAQs, Section 1.21 ‘What is the Situation Regarding Plagiarism?’ http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/faqs_copyright.asp#1.23

2.      Committee on Publication Ethics. Guidelines on Good Publication and Code of Conduct. http://www.publicationethics.org.uk/guidelines

3.      The Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2011) Academic Integrity and Ethics: http://gradschool.unc.edu/publications/ethics.html

Trends in PhD

1. Web/electronic: If you have not already done so, have a look at Chapter 3 The Nature of the Phd Qualification in Estelle M. Phillips' and Derek S. Pugh's How to get a Phd: a handbook for students and their supervisors, 4th edition (2005) Open University Press.  View on-line at http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/033520550X/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link 

Downloadable - UK Joint Statement of the Skills training requirements for research students from http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/researchcareers/jsstrainingrequirements.pdf. This provides a set of skills which fellows might expect to achieve during a PhD.

EndNote

1.      Thomson Reuters. Endnote X4: Getting Started Guide. Available from www.endnote.com

2.      Thomson Reuters. Endnote X4: Tutorials. Available from www.endnote.com

3.     Journal title abbreviations http://www.efm.leeds.ac.uk/~mark/ISIabbr/A_abrvjt.html