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In 2014, Pfizer proposed a friendly acquisition of AstraZeneca, but the AstraZeneca board resisted over price and strategy concerns. Was this good for pharmaceutical consumers? Pfizer, like pharmaceutical companies in general, faced difficulties in…

In June 2001, after winning the UK general elections by a landslide, which gave him a second term, Tony Blair invited Michael Barber (case protagonist) to establish and lead the Prime Minister Delivery Unit (PMDU): a small, dedicated performance…

This teaching case study examines psychological trauma in a community context and the relevance, both positive and negative, of social determinants of health. Healthy People 2020 views people residing in communities with large-scale psychological trauma…

This module will present two unfolding case studies based on real-world, actual events. The cases will require participants to review videos embedded into three modules and a summary module:Introduction to Concepts of Social Determinant of Health and…

This multimedia module includes three clinical case videos demonstrating a variety of geriatric patient circumstances. Participants will view each case with attention to the medical care provided, as well as the impact of the social determinants of…

This case simulation helps students experience first-hand the challenges of multilateral negotiations in global health policy. In World Health Organization Negotiations on Developing and Financing Health Technologies students participate in negotiations…

This case highlights the challenges of managing externalities and sovereignty through the example of pandemic flu. Recent outbreaks of both the H5N1 and H1N1 influenza strains have illustrated that the global institutions charged with preventing and…

This case summarizes the toxic water crisis in Flint, Michigan between 2011 and the end of 2016, which followed the decision to switch the city’s public water supply from Lake Huron to the more corrosive Flint River. It outlines the factors that led to…

This case uses a role play simulation to illustrate ethical implications when research practices violate cultural taboos and norms. In Who Owns Your Story? the Trilanyi – a fictional Native American tribe based on a real community that is not…

This case follows the vaccine development for Meningitis A, a disease that routinely caused deadly epidemics in Sub-Saharan Africa. The case explores why such a vaccine had not been developed previously and how the creation of the Meningitis Vaccine…