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Mental illness has been described as an epidemic affecting nearly a quarter of all Americans in their lifetimes, often during their most productive working years. Managers who can design organizations that maximize mental health can minimize these risks…

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 explores strategies for changing policy and attitudes at national and international levels through the lens of women’s health. Adrienne Germain: A Leader in Women’s Health Rights charts the career of Adrienne Germain, a leader in the field of…

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…

This case examines the United Nations’ reactions to the cholera epidemic in Haiti and illuminates contemporary gaps in global governance. In January, 2010, an earthquake devastated Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The public…

This case describes efforts to balance public health concerns with religious and cultural practices of religion pilgrims in India. The Kumbh Mela festival, the largest mass gathering in the world, takes place every 12 years in Allahabad, India. Pilgrims…

This case tracks Dr. Sam Thenya’s challenges in establishing and sustaining two Kenyan health organizations for women’s health. Thenya founded the Gender Violence Recovery Centre (GVRC) and the Nairobi Women’s Hospital (NWH) Medical Training College. In…

This case explores Nigerian attorney Hauwa Ibrahim’s defense of a woman charged with adultery by Islamic Shariah law. One of Nigeria’s first female lawyers, Ibrahim develops a strategy to defend a young married woman, Amina Lawal, against adultery…