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You are a health policy officer working for a national or international health agency of your choice. You have been given a task to write a policy brief, supported by evidence, for a Ministry of Health or Finance and Economic Development, or Prime Minister in a particular setting, on an issue related to global health and economic development.1. Select an organisation (international or national) to represent eg. Ministry of Health2. Select a setting eg. Financing for health is very low3. Select an issue related to global health and economic development eg. Increasing burden of AIDS, but low funding for it. (Please do this policy brief on non-communicable diseases in some way.)4. Conduct rigorous research to locate credible sources of information about your issue and summarise what is known about your global health issue5. On the basis of this research – propose an intervention intended to reduce the incidence/impact of the health issue6. Use the policy brief template provided to write your report.Due: Thursday 21 May 2020 (12:00 pm) via Turnitin  Your Task: You are a health policy officer working for a national or international health agency of your  choice. You have been given a task to write a policy brief, supported by evidence, for a Ministry of Health  or Finance and Economic Development, or Prime Minister in a particular setting, on an issue related to  global health and economic development. Getting Started:    1. Select an organisation (international or national) to represent eg. Ministry of Health  2. Select a setting eg. Financing for health is very low  3. Select an issue related to global health and economic development eg. Increasing burden of AIDS, but low  funding for it.  4. Conduct rigorous research to locate credible sources of information about your issue and summarise what is  known about your global health issue  5. On the basis of this research – propose an intervention intended to reduce the incidence/impact of the  health issue   6. Use the policy brief template provided to write your report. Elements Detail  Purpose Inform, persuade and make recommendations  Context Employee of national or international health agency of your choice  Text type Explanation and advocacy  Roles and relationships  (Audience and your  role)  Your role   Policy advisor  Audience  Ministry of Health or Finance and Economic Development, or Prime Minister.   Mode and Medium Written report  Conditions Word count: Must not exceed 3 single-sided A4 pages (excluding the cover sheet and  reference list); margins >1.25cm; font >11 point  Referencing style: Vancouver  Individual or Group Task: Individual  Criteria 1. Understand the components of health and development and explain the ways in  which they are linked.  2. Comprehend the role of health for economic development from macro- and micro-  economic perspectives.  3. Understand the effects of climate change, gender and migration on health and  development in the context of globalisation.  4. Identify, synthesise and critically evaluate qualitative and quantitative information  about health and development in a given context.  5. Demonstrate skills in written and oral communication, and skills in group work  including collaboration, teamwork and group negotiation.  PUBH 7113 Global Health and Development  Task 2: Policy Brief (35%)      PUBH7113                                                                                                                                   Semester 1 2020  Policy Brief Template  A Policy Brief is a “short, neutral summary of what is known about a particular issue or problem. It is  designed to facilitate policy-making”. The main purpose is to “succinctly evaluate policy options  regarding a specific issue, for a specific policy-maker audience”. Policy-makers need to make  practical decisions under time-constraints, so the brief should provide evidence and actionable  recommendations.  The review should be properly referenced throughout and a full reference list must be provided.  You should as much as possible use references from published literature. You can use diagrams  and figures to support your work but please reference where they have come from. Vancouver  referencing style preferred. Point 1 (Heading/Title): Provide an informative heading for your policy brief. Your heading must  describe the content of the brief concisely.  Point 2 (Executive summary): This is a synthesis of the entire brief. It aims to provide a short  summary of the brief and makes its significance (the “why”) clear. It should clearly reflect the  objectives of the brief, define and describe the problem (What is the problem? What is the root  cause? Why is it important?) and concisely evaluate the alternatives and main conclusions or  recommendations (What can you do about it? What are the key messages for noting by the Health  Minister?).  Point 3 (Introduction): Introduces the content of the brief. Describes the issue and context of the  policy topic. Include the overall context and nature of the policy issue and the basic background of  the research.   Point 4 (Context): Direct and specific context of the problem analysed. Provide a compelling  argument of the importance of your issue in the context of your region.   Point 5 (Problem definition):  Convince the reader (for instance, the Health Minister) that your  problem is both relevant and urgent, and that this document will provide possible solutions. Develop  a response consistent with the policy options that will be introduced later in the brief. You may  consider questions such as:  How is your chosen issue impacting human health? Who is affected and  to what degree? Convince the reader that the problem requires urgent action.  Point 6 (Options and evidence): Provide policy options and convincing arguments to support the  preferred action - make a clear and consistent link between the problem, conclusions and  recommendations and outline any ethical issues that need to be considered.  Point 7 (Conclusions and Recommendation): Provide a concise synthesis of the most relevant  findings, practical and realistic recommendations, and steps necessary to implement the  recommendations.  Point 8 (Implications): Consider the significance of the policy brief to the public / policy makers. You  may consider questions such as: What are the ramifications of this issue? How applicable and useful  are the findings of your policy brief to the context of your issue?  How, why and in what way are the  findings of the policy brief important to people making decisions, such as the Health Minister?  Appendices: Literature search strategy, Reference list    Policy brief: Marking Matrix    Marking Matrix  =85%   Relation to  published work  Not for dissemination Not publishable, but could be an  internal report  Publishable with substantial revisions  after re-review  Publishable with some significant  revisions  Publishable with minor revisions  Structure and  Organisation    25%  Policy brief is unstructured or over  structured with mostly lists.  Introduction, sections and conclusion  are lacking or indistinct. Information is  poorly organized and does not flow  logically.  (21.25)  Content:  evidence and  argument    50%  The policy brief is not defined in  concept and scope and the proposed  policy solution is not feasible in the  given context.  Does not address the question or  topic.  Crucial omissions in information.  Serious misinterpretation of data.  Serious errors in deduction. Argument  is weak or non-existent. No original  observations.  (42.5  Style and  Format    10%  Large number of grammatical, spelling  and/or punctuation errors. Format is  not relevant to a policy brief and style  is inappropriate for the audience.  Policy brief contains English  construction that is incomprehensible.

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PUBH 7113 GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
TASK 2: POLICY BRIEF
(TITLE: INCREASING BURDEN OF AIDS, BUT NO FUNDING FOR IT)
Executive Summary
The policy brief will involve in strategizing a process by the Ministry of Health to devise a plan so that information related to the control of AIDS can be distributed among the population. The Department of Health understands that there are specific issues that need to be addressed especially related to the lack in the availability of proper funding in the treatment process for AIDS so that the proper responses can be obtained in the form of proper distribution of medical information and resources. To achieve that, there are particular policy actions that have been assimilated, which can accelerate the process of information available for the public.
Introduction
The primary purpose of the policy to verify the accuracy and timely availability of relevant health information and funding; provided by the Ministry of Health. In addition, it is to generate awareness and take strict action for public health, so that there is the effective management of the health resources. In spite of AIDS is one of the global threats, the amount of funding required in addressing is the situation is very low. According to the UNAIDS, an amount of $26.2 billion is needed in 2020 alone to address AIDS globally. Hence, the Ministry of Health in Australia has been overriding the interest in support to ensure adequate data and information is available related to the increasing burden of AIDS so that the data can be used for the private and public utilization. 
Context
The utilization of the health information has been observed to be highly promising related to AIDS as it enhanced the efficiency, quality, cost-effectiveness and the safety for the medical care within the Australian Healthcare system. As stated by WHO, it is essential for any country to have robust functional healthcare and health information system. This healthcare information platform will involve in the analysis, production and dissemination of reliable health information through decision-makers1. 
Further, it is also mentioned by WHO, in between the year 2015 to 2016, there had been a decreased in the contribution of philanthropic donations of 7%. Under this condition of donor stagnation, the countries like Australia that suffers from AIDS have to finance their own situation. So, it resulted in a growing need of the government to develop cost-effective and efficient methods in responding to the country’s need of fund to address the public threat due to AIDS. 
This health information and funding will be percolated to at the various level of the healthcare system, especially in case of the emergencies. There can be three-domain, which the health information may inform, related to AIDS. This includes the ability of the organization to generate facility and population-based data. These data generated will be based on the health services, health surveillance and medical records. Among the health resources aspects like financing, infrastructure and human resources will play a crucial role. However, one of the greatest challenges that have been portrayed in the absence of adequate finding is the difficulty in the mobilization of the resources for AIDS.

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