Included here are select case materials, curated by the HKS Case Program, to aid educators in response to COVID-19.
Online Cases and Other Learning Materials
Free Cases
Caught in a Storm: The World Health Organization and the 2014 Ebola Outbreak and epilogue by Dr. Claire Chaumont and Dr. Mamka Anyona with Peter Zimmerman
Keeping an Open Mind in an Emergency: CDC experiments with 'Team B' and epilogue by Pamela Varley, Herman (Dutch) B. Leonard, and Arnold Howitt
Swine Flu Scare in America (A) by Richard Neustadt and Dr. Harvey Fineberg
Swine Flu Scare in America (B) by Richard Neustadt and Dr. Harvey Fineberg
Technological Innovation for Global Health: Vaxess’ Long Road to Heat-Stable Vaccines by Laura Winig and Suerie Moon
Additional HKS Cases
The following COVID-19-relevant cases are available for purchase on the HKS Case Program website.
Epidemic Cases
Confronting a Pandemic in a Home Rule State: The Indiana State Department of Health Responds to H1N1 by David Giles and Arnold Howitt
Confronting HIV/AIDS in Pingxiang, China (A) by Nicole Szlezak and Arnold Howitt
Coping with Crisis: Hong Kong Public Health Officials and the "Bird Flu" by Howard Husock and Herman B. “Dutch” Leonard
Emergency Response System Under Duress: The Public Health Fight to Contain SARS in Toronto (A) by Pamela Varley and Arnold Howitt
Emergency Response to a Long-Term Crisis? Médecins sans Frontières and HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia by Regina Galang and Guy Stuart
Fears and Realities: Managing Ebola in Dallas by Kirsten Lundberg and Arnold Howitt
Hong Kong Copes with SARS, 2003: The Amoy Gardens by Howard Husock and Herman B. (Dutch) Leonard
Lobbying and Advocacy: Theory and Practice by Mark Fagan
Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (A) and epilogue by Laura Winig, Margaret Bourdeaux and Juliette Kayyem
Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (B) by Laura Winig, Margaret Bourdeaux and Juliette Kayyem
OneBlood and Covid-19: Building and Agile Supply Chain by Mark Fagan and Raina Gandhi
Tennessee Responds to the 2009 Novel H1N1 Influenza A Pandemic by David Giles and Arnold Howitt
The West Nile Virus Outbreak in New York City: On the Trail of a Killer Virus (A) by Esther Scott and Arnold Howitt
When Cultures Collide: 2015 HIV Outbreak in Southern Indiana (A) by Kirsten Lundberg and Arnold Howitt
Vaccine Cases
Ethics in International Research: the Debate over Clinical Trials of AZT to Prevent Mother-to-Infant Transmission of HIV in Developing Nations by Esther Scott, Richard A. Cash, and Michael Bennish
Nothing Can Prepare You for This Job: Germany's Health Minister Faces Tough Decisions during Covid-19 by Paige Taylor and Dan Levy
Placebo Trials in Africa: The African American Dilemma at the Centers for Disease Control by Kimberlee Wyche, Luc Joseph, and Joan Reede
Vaccines for the Developing World: The Challenge to Justify Tiered Pricing by Susan Rosegrant and Jose Gomez-Ibanez