Health systems around the world can look very different. Some provide high-quality, advanced services to everyone within a country - and result in very good population health outcomes. Others struggle to provide even minimal health services or fulfill basic public health functions - and result in relatively poor population health outcomes. This course examines healthcare and public health systems around the world and their impact on population health. The course will also explore the role of the World Health Organization, the World Bank, and financing mechanisms like the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Students will learn to produce assessments of health systems and assess health system performance.