Students are expected to learn the constitutive elements as well as the evolution of health policies, also in a comparative European perspective.

- Knowledge and understanding The student – through course attendance and practical activities – will gain full knowledge of the general principles of Sociology of Health and Healthcare Policies at European level. - Applying knowledge and understanding Student will be able to interpret and apply, also to specific cases, principles of Project Cycle Management, especially in Healthcare contexts. They will be able to read and analyze main International Reports on Health fields. - Making judgments Students will acquire analytical skills and critical spirit in the analysis of the main International Reports by public institutional players and bodies. - Communication skills By the end of the course, students will be able to transmit with clarity, rigor, and methodological consistency the learning outcomes in the field of Healthcare Policies and Project Cycle Management. Through the various activities that will take place during the course – lessons with discussion, debates, project work –students will be able to put these communication skills into practice in various contexts. They will learn to adapt the terms used to the interlocutor in the specific case, thus gaining advanced rhetorical skills necessary for the professional career. - Learning skills By putting into practice the methodologies learned during lectures and seminars, the student will be able to elaborate insights and conduct research by consulting Reports, specialist texts and journals. The student will develop a solid knowledge of the fundamental aspects of Healthcare Policies at European level.

The course treats the health policies and their planning at European level. Particular attention will be given to teaching programming techniques issued by the EU and to the analysis of International Reports

Reference books: -James A. Johnson; Carleen Stoskopf; Leiyu Shi (2018, second edition). Comparative Health Systems: A Global Perspective. Jones and Bartlett Learning, Burlington, MA (Part 1: all; part 2: only European region; art 3: only cap. 29). -WHO (2015). Health in All Policies. (no Appendices) -European Commission (2004). Project Cycle Management. Other texts: -Giarelli G. (2021). The Italian Nhs Between Latent Paradoxes and Problematic Sustainability. In Gabe J., Cardano M., Genova A. (Eds.). Health and Illness in the Neoliberal Era in Europe. Emerald Publishing. -OECD (2020), Health at a Glance: Europe 2020. State of Health in the EU cycle (solo il cap. 1: How resilient have European health systems been to the COVID‑19 crisis?). -EU, Gobierno de Espana (2019). Health care systems in the European Union countries. Health characteristics and indicators. -WHO European region (2018). Primary health care: reflecting on the past, transforming for the future. -European Parliament (1998). Health care systems in the EU. A comparative study (working paper)- - www.sustainabledevelopment.un.org - Steven Johnson -The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World - Maryn McKenna - Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service - William H. Foege - House On Fire: The Fight To Eradicate Smallpox  - John M. Barry - The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History  David Quammen - Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic  Laura Spinney - Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World  Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs & Steel By Geoffrey Rose Carl Zimmer - A Planet of Viruses  A. Lindstrand, et al. Global Health: An Introductory Textbook  A TED talk on Global Health by Stefano Vella: https://youtu.be/OuG9AVTNhyA

Class teaching and discussion; project work.

Oral exam. There are no intermediate tests.

Personal interest in the topic; active participation in the discussion in class. If, when writing his/her thesis, a candidate uses some phrases or ideas taken elsewhere and does not quote the sources appropriately, supervision will be interrupted.