Assessment 1: Group Presentation

Group Presentation

Prepare a group presentation and deliver it as a case study of a health project in a low or middle-income country. Outline the public health intervention and contextualise this against the health economy for that country

Your presentation should be a maximum of 20 minutes and each member of the group should contribute to the delivery. You may use PowerPoint or other visual resources. The presentation can be recorded as a PowerPoint Narration and uploaded to Turnitin, or it can be recorded on reView/Microsoft Teams.

Each member of the group should contribute equally to the preparation and presentation. The presentation will be based on one of the case studies below. The presentation will be marked individually. Marks will be deducted from students for lack of contribution.

Groups are ideally four in number and will be no more than five. Students can choose their   groups and case studies (with the restriction below). Students should provide the module leader with their group personnel and the case study they wish. The module leader will intervene to determine groups and case studies if necessary.

While case studies may be used more than once, repetition will be minimised. Therefore, all case studies should be taken before any repetition is allowed.

You need to outline the intervention and consider the following points:

• The organisation of health care in the country
• Who were the stakeholders, decision makers and influential actors?
• What was the nature of the problem? 
• What were the contextual factors?
• Were there any alternatives to the action taken?
• Recommendations for how the work could be developed
• Lessons to be learned

Shiffman & Smith’s criteria (below) might help you think critically about the case study:

• Strength of the actors involved
• Power of the ideas they use to portray the initiatives
• Nature of the political content
• Characteristics of the initiative itself

Mark and feedback will be provided on the Postgraduate Generic Assessment Criteria sheet (see Assessment unit on Canvas), no more than four working university weeks after deadline.

Case Studies

3. Eradicating Smallpox https://www.cgdev.org/page/case-1-eradicating-smallpox
4. Preventing Aids, HIV and Sexually transmitted infection in Thailand http://www.cgdev.org/page/case-2-preventing-hiv-and-sexually-transmittedinfections- thailand
5. Controlling Tuberculosis in China https://www.cgdev.org/page/case-3-controlling-tuberculosis-china
6. Reducing Child Mortality through Vitamin A in Nepal http://www.cgdev.org/page/case-4-reducing-child-mortality-through-vitaminnepal
7. Eliminating Polio in Latin America and the Caribbean http://www.cgdev.org/page/case-5-eliminating-polio-latin-america-andcaribbean
8. Saving Mothers’ Lives in Sri Lanka https://www.cgdev.org/page/case-6-saving-mothers-lives-sri-lanka
9. Controlling Onchocerciasis in Sub-Saharan Africa https://www.cgdev.org/page/case-7-controlling-onchocerciasis-sub-saharan-africa
10. Preventing Diarrhoea in Egypt http://www.cgdev.org/page/case-8-preventing-diarrheal- deaths-egypt

9. Improving the Health of the Poor in Mexico http://www.cgdev.org/page/case-9-improving- health-poor-mexico

10. Controlling Trachoma in Morocco https://www.cgdev.org/page/case-10-controlling-trachoma-morocco
11. Reducing Guinea Worm in Asia and Sub-Sahara Africa http://www.cgdev.org/page/case-11-reducing-guinea-worm-asia-and-subsaharan-africa
12. Controlling Chagas Disease in the Southern Cone of South America

https://www.cgdev.org/page/case-12-controlling-chagas-disease-southern-cone-south- america

13. Reducing Fertility in Bangladesh https://www.cgdev.org/page/case-13-reducing-fertility-bangladesh
14. Curbing Tobacco Use in Poland http://www.cgdev.org/page/case-14-curbing-tobacco-use- poland

15. Preventing Iodine Deficiency Disease in China https://www.cgdev.org/page/case-15-preventing-iodine-deficiency-disease-china
16. Prevention of Neural-Tube Defects in Chile https://www.cgdev.org/page/case-16-prevention-neural-tube-defects-chile
17. Eliminating Measles in Southern Africa https://www.cgdev.org/page/case-17-eliminating-measles-southern-africa
18. Preventing Dental Caries in Jamaica https://www.cgdev.org/page/case-18-preventing-dental-caries-jamaica
19. Treating Cataracts in India https://www.cgdev.org/page/case-19-treating-cataracts-india
20. Preventing Hib Disease in Chile and the Gambia https://www.cgdev.org/page/case-20-preventing-hib-disease-chile-and-gambia

If any of the links do not function, please contact the module leader.

Assessment 2: Essay

Essay

Take one global health topic and critique it sociologically, using a maximum of two social theories.

The essay should integrate literature, which should be cited and referenced in the Harvard Style.

Approximate wordage: 2500

Mark and feedback will be provided on the Postgraduate Generic Assessment Criteria sheet (see Assessment unit on Canvas), no more than four working university weeks after deadline.