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MM4H Course Handbook Spring 2018

The two-week online course "Managing Markets for Health" introduces participants to analytical tools and policy instruments that governments can use to structure healthcare markets to support public health goals. The course enhances knowledge of both the concepts and implementation of market-based healthcare policy. Participants will engage with expert-developed materials, case studies, and live seminars to understand how to diagnose healthcare markets, design policies, implement programs, and measure outcomes. Technical support is provided to ensure all can fully participate in the interactive online learning experience.

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MM4H Course Handbook Spring 2018

The two-week online course "Managing Markets for Health" introduces participants to analytical tools and policy instruments that governments can use to structure healthcare markets to support public health goals. The course enhances knowledge of both the concepts and implementation of market-based healthcare policy. Participants will engage with expert-developed materials, case studies, and live seminars to understand how to diagnose healthcare markets, design policies, implement programs, and measure outcomes. Technical support is provided to ensure all can fully participate in the interactive online learning experience.

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COURSE OUTLINE: MANAGING MARKETS FOR HEALTH

March 19-30, 2018


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Welcome to MM4H online!
The Managing Markets for Health (MM4H) course introduces you to the analytics and policy
instruments that governments can use to structure market systems in support of health
goals, including those related to Reproductive Maternal Neonatal Child Adolescent Health
and Nutrition (RMNCAH-N) priorities.

By the end of this course, you will have enhanced your knowledge of:

(i) the ‘hardware’ of market systems action (i.e. the concepts and tools that
policymakers use to think and act strategically in engaging with private actors), and

(ii) the ‘software’ of market systems action (i.e. the activities to be performed in
building an inclusive policy process for implementation and measurement).

The course materials have been developed over several years by leading experts in the field.
These experts have developed the specially-designed texts and the videos you will review
each day. They have developed the case studies, graphics and multiple choice quizzes that
will help you reflect on, and consolidate, your understanding of the concepts and analytics.

And they will be with you on the course website, providing input into discussion fora, feeding
back on your contributions to set questions, and responding to any queries or concerns you
raise during the live seminars. We look forward to the coming weeks, and anticipate many
interesting debates and discussions online!

All the best,

Dr. Mark Hellowell, Director of the Global Public Health Unit, University of Edinburgh

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Course Faculty*

Barbara O’Hanlon is a leader in health policy design and implementation


with 30 years’ experience. She is a pioneer in the areas of private sector
policy, public-private dialogue, and PPPs. In the last 10 years, she has
worked with several African MoHs to conduct private sector assessments,
analyse health markets, and formulate and implement PPP policies.

Mark Hellowell is Director of the Global Health Unit at the University of


Edinburgh. His research focuses on the public/private interface in health.
He is special adviser to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee,
and an advisor to several global health and development agencies in the
evaluation and implementation of health market systems interventions

Mirja Sjoblom is a senior economist with the World Bank, and joined the
Global Financing Facility in January 2016. She advises countries on issues
related to health financing and strategies for engaging private sector
providers in health service delivery. She has published various articles and
co-authored books on topics related to market system interventions.

Dr. Sneha Kanneganti is the focal point for private sector engagement for
the GFF. Prior to this, Sneha was with the health investments team at the
International Finance Corporation, and she also worked with the World
Bank on developing its private sector strategy for health. She is a physician
with clinical experience across the public and private sectors in India.

Course Tutor

Dr. Albert Domingo is a physician with MSc in Health Systems and Public
Policy and has nine years of experience in global public health at both
country and global levels, working most recently with the WHO on
strengthening health systems through focus areas of non-communicable
diseases and sexual and reproductive health. He is the tutor for this course.

*The course faculty would also like to acknowledge the work of several individuals deeply involved in
the development of this course, including April Harding (the intellectual leading light behind the entire
MM4H learning initiative), Prashant Yadav, Dominic Montagu, Albert Kilian, and Somil Nagpal).

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Course Structure and Workload
The course is structured into six work packages. Each of these has a specific chapter of the
digital textbook devoted to it. You will also access other types of learning content, such as
lecture videos and infographics. The packages also include multiple-choice quizzes to enable
you to reflect on, and consolidate, your understanding of core concepts and principles. You
need to receive at least 70% on each of the quizzes in order to receive the final certificate.

The course begins on March 19, 2018 and runs for two weeks. It is taught as a synchronous
course, which means that you form part of a cohort of participants who are engaging with
the learning content at the same time. We suggest that participants structure the course as
follows (and the live seminars and feedback on quizzes will reflect this structure):

Week 1 Week 2

Monday Orientation Unit 3: Design

Tuesday Unit 1: Introduction Unit 4: Implementation

Wednesday Unit 2: Diagnose Unit 5: Measure

Thursday Unit 3: Assess Unit 6: Conclusion

Friday Review and Complete Quiz Review and Complete Quiz

Support and feedback


The course tutor, Albert, will provide input into the discussion forum on a regular basis and
help you resolve any technical issues you are facing. To contact Albert, please email him at:
[email protected]

Once the course begins, you can post technical queries or concerns on the ‘technical help’
discussion forum, and substantive learning-related queries or comments in the ‘teaching and
learning forum’. Faculty will participate in the discussion forum and run one live seminar
session each week on Thursday at 4pm (GMT), in which there will be an opportunity for you to
ask questions and receive answers in real time. You will be provided with instructions on how
to ask questions and view these sessions. They will also be recorded, so please don’t worry if
you can’t attend!

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Accessing the digital learning site - EdX
You will have access to the course EdX space from Monday March 19th, 2018, at which time
the module content will also be available to you. You can access the course via this link:
https://edge.edx.org/courses/course-v1:UniversityofEdinburgh+MM4H101+2018T1/about

You do not need to be an advanced computer user to do this course, though you will need a
basic level of competence in the use of your computer. You should have access to a
computer, or other device, on which you can download documents and stream videos from
the internet at least once a week, or have some other way of viewing this content (for
example, you may wish to download the related text files). You will also need Acrobat Reader
or a comparable PDF application (such as Preview on Mac OS X) to access the course
readings.

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