The major essay is the main opportunity for you to apply policy analysis and policy development or advocacy skills to an international/global health topic of interest to you. You are expected to produce a paper of publishable quality, such as for the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, Globalisation and Health, or similar internationally oriented journals. It is suggested that you focus on global policies and strategies for specific health issues, where you consider the current and potential institutional players and roles, possible policy instruments, and strategies which are likely to be effective. Topics should be agreed with the subject coordinator during the study block, with the following being an initial list:
- Access to medicines
- Maternal mortality
- Occupational health and safety
- Hunger
- Non-communicable diseases or associated risk factors
- Injury
- Mental Health
- Blindness
- Disability
- Disaster management
- Emerging diseases
- Climate change and health
- Energy and health
- Health impacts of free trade agreements
Please choose the one topic and write on it. Please strictly follow the criteria written in paragraph above.