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Masters in Public Health: HIV and AIDS track
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Masters in Public Health: HIV and AIDS track

The Master of Public Health/International Course in Health Development (MPH/ICHD) is an annual 12-month MPH programme organised by the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). Participants can choose from the following study tracks: Health Systems Policy & Management track, Sexual and Reproductive Health track, and a HIV and AIDS track. The MPH track in HIV and AIDS is specifically directed at those who wish to work in HIV and AIDS domain.

Public health and health care in a changing environment

Health systems in low- and middle-income countries face a wide range of challenges:

  • inequities in health and health care
  • the overwhelming problems posed by the HIV pandemic
  • health sector reforms
  • epidemiological and demographic transitions with their double burden of disease
  • new partnerships between donors and other institutions
  • the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and what lies beyond 2015
  • focus on quality of services and evidence-based public health

Providing an effective response to these issues requires well-trained professionals able to solve complex public health problems systematically and using a multi-sectoral approach.

Objectives

The ICHD/MPH is designed to develop the capacity of senior health managers to use an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to address health problems in their country. At the end of the programme, the public health manager should be able to:

  • critically analyse the health status of a population and identify health needs
  • appraise the role of health systems in terms of fundamental goals, functions, actors and performance
  • identify priorities and influence effective policy-making and strategic planning concerning interventions aiming at improving public health, taking into account scientific evidence and best practice
  • implement and monitor health interventions by managing human, financial and logistic resources
  • work professionally across different sectors, disciplines and institutional levels with public and private actors, and through advocacy, communication and networking
  • identify research needs, commission research, and critically analyse and use research results
  • incorporate a pro-poor and equity approach in all actions
  • continuously examine and critically reflect on own practice and values and adjust them accordingly

 

Further Information:

Start date: 21-09-2015
End date: 09-09-2015
Duration: 1 year
Application deadline: 10-03-2015
Location: KIT Training Centre, Amsterdam
Language: English
Fee: € 16'350.- (2015)

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Public health and health care in a changing environment

Health systems in low- and middle-income countries face a wide range of challenges:

  • inequities in health and health care
  • the overwhelming problems posed by the HIV pandemic
  • health sector reforms
  • epidemiological and demographic transitions with their double burden of disease
  • new partnerships between donors and other institutions
  • the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and what lies beyond 2015
  • focus on quality of services and evidence-based public health

Providing an effective response to these issues requires well-trained professionals able to solve complex public health problems systematically and using a multi-sectoral approach.

Objectives

The ICHD/MPH is designed to develop the capacity of senior health managers to use an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to address health problems in their country. At the end of the programme, the public health manager should be able to:

  • critically analyse the health status of a population and identify health needs
  • appraise the role of health systems in terms of fundamental goals, functions, actors and performance
  • identify priorities and influence effective policy-making and strategic planning concerning interventions aiming at improving public health, taking into account scientific evidence and best practice
  • implement and monitor health interventions by managing human, financial and logistic resources
  • work professionally across different sectors, disciplines and institutional levels with public and private actors, and through advocacy, communication and networking
  • identify research needs, commission research, and critically analyse and use research results
  • incorporate a pro-poor and equity approach in all actions
  • continuously examine and critically reflect on own practice and values and adjust them accordingly