ADVOCACY PRE-GA RECOMMENDED READING PREPARE YOURSELF MAXIMISE YOUR EXPERIENCE CONTINUE LEARNING BACK HOME Click through on the underlined text to follow the links to videos etc!
Introduction to the Workshop The best training preparation for an overview of the campaign strategy. Do read through these guidelines & the website if you get a chance…. A great introduction to campaign strategy – 12 guidelines to consider from Chris Rose
Advocacy & Health Equity If you only read a little, read this….. Introductory Videos: What is Advocacy? (3.26 mins) – Definition The need for advocacy (2.20 mins) – Richard Horton Strategies for whole system change in healthcare (5.36 mins ) Health as a Human Right (Patch Adams) (16.07 mins)
Find out more about the subject, or use these when you go back home…. Videos: Paul Farmer - Global Health Equity and Creating Sustainable Justice Videos: The Social Determinants of Health & Health Equity (Michael Marmot) Videos: Rockhopper Over 250 documentaries of varying lengths on health and development issues which you can watch and show for free; often a useful stimulus for discussion groups, and as ideas for advocacy areas. Book: Health and Social Justice by Jennifer Prah Ruger (Foreword by Amartya Sen) Discusses the processes by which collective choices can be made, and policies implemented, to address the social complex problem of health inequalities. Book: Challenging Global Inequality by Alastair Greig, David Hulme, and Mark Turner A great introduction to inequality, poverty and what can be done about it at every level. Book: Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor by Paul
Farmer Covers a selection of the key issues and paradigms surrounding health equity.
Leadership If you only read a little, read this….. Introductory Videos: What is Leadership? (1.43mins) Being a Leader (2.25mins) Great Collection of Leadership Videos Blogs: From the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management: 1 & 2
Find out more about the subject, or use these when you go back home…. Video: Leadership in International Health Issues (Richard Horton) Video: The Golden Circle of Leadership: A popular 20min Ted Talk Video Platform: 99 Faces Video portraits of movers and shakers from across the world. Book: The tools of leadership by Max Landsberg Landsberg provides a clear and fast introduction to the major theories and approaches within leadership through an entertaining parable. Book: Leadership and the one minute manager by Kenneth Blanchard Classic short book on leadership. Book: The New Leaders by Daniel Goleman The author of many books on emotional intelligence and personality.
Global Health Issues If you only read a little, read this….. Introductory Videos: Marcel Tanner: What Is Global Health? (01.22 mins) Definitions. Root Out Reach Out (03.46 mins) IFMSA Global Health Equity Initiative Introductory Campaign Video on the Social Determinants of Health Global Health & GHEC (07.23 mins) Global Health Education in Medicine. Article: The Economist – Lifting the Burden Outlines the main causes of death globally. Website: The Millennium Development Goals Introductory video & more details.
Keep on top of the latest news in this area….. Website & Publication: The Lancet A world–class medical journal with focus on global health and a set of research and reviews on health in low and middle-income countries in the global health collection.
Website & Publication: The Guardian Has a global development section funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which contains news stories on global development as well as links and blogs.
Find out more about the subject, or use these when you go back home…. Website: Gapminder A website which uses a piece of software called Trendalyzer to present development statistics in a fun and accessible manner. An excellent way to examine the state of the world and its historical trends and also has a series of presentations. Videos: Unreported World Documentaries on controversial world issues, focusing on the lived experiences of individuals. Podcasts are also available. Free Study courses: Alison & Johns Hopkins Online Modules Hundreds of free modules in specific topics of global and public health including lectures, reading lists and practise exams. Accounts are required. Book: The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs Jeffrey Sachs offers an inspiring view of how solvable the world’s problems are, and explains why making the effort is both our moral duty and in our own interests. Book: The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier The book argues that the focus for today’s development effort is those countries whose residents have experienced little, if any, income growth. Book: Ending Global Poverty: A Guide to What Works by Stephen C. Smith This book gives readers the tools they need to help people overcome poverty and to determine what organizations are most effective in fighting it.
Streams Please try and read a bit about the stream being covered in your topic before you arrive. If you don’t know where to start these are some good places to try: The World Health Organisation: Has lots of introductory documents and more detailed information on all topics covered within streams. The Global Health Watch Platform: We would recommend the website, executive summaries & stream-specific sections as follows: Working overseas ethically as students – GHW 1: Chap B3, GHW 2: Chap C3 Access to Healthcare for Vulnerable Groups – GHW 1: Part A & Part C, GHW 2: Chap B3 Improving Maternal and Child Health – GHW 1: Chap B4, GHW 3: Chap B3 Combatting the Non-Communicable Diseases – GHW 2: Chap D3.2 Changing Medical Education: http://healthprofessionals21.org/