Improving the quality of healthcare services in resource limited settings
Description: By the end of this course participants will be able to: - Defend the importance of improving quality in health services - Describe common mechanisms to improve quality of health services in...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2023-01-09
Institution: Germany - Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits

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Quality Management in International Health
Description: By the end of the module the participants should be able to: • Appraise recent developments and challenges in assuring healthcare quality in low and middle income countries. • Critically...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2023-06-05
Institution: Germany - Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg
ECTS credit points: 4.5 ECTS credits

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Economics and Financing for Health Services (former name: Health Economics and Economic Analysis)
Description: Overall Objective: By the end of the module each student should be able to critically discuss, exchange and share views about health economics and health systems financing Specific Objectives...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2023-01-23
Institution: Germany - Institute of International Health, Berlin
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits

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Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Global Health
Description: The aim of the course is to provide participants with the fundamental knowledge and skills enabling them to use open source GIS software for improved planning and performance of disease surveillance...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2023-06-19
Institution: The Netherlands - Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits

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Analysing Disrupted Health Systems (ADHS)
Description: At the end of the module the participants should be able to: 1. Analyse the structure and features of disrupted health systems; 2. Distinguish key health sector actors’ agendas and propose a plan...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2023-08-14
Institution: The Netherlands - Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits

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Laboratory Systems and Public Health in Resource-Limited Settings (LAB-SPHERE)- Not offered in 2023
Description: At the end of this module the student should be able to: i. Develop strategies to build sustainable laboratory systems in limited-resource settings (i.e. low and middle income countries, rural...
Classification: advanced optional
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Institution: Germany - Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM)
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits

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Quality Improvement - A Prerequisite for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) (English)
Description: At the end of this course, participants should be able to: • Study the main factors in the health care system that affect the quality of health care services; • Critically assess the...
Classification: advanced optional
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Institution: Germany - Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits

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Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights: Organizing Effective Responses (SRH Responses)
Description: At the end of the module the student should be able to • Describe and analyze components of effective SRHR responses, including HIV in the context of health system in low and middle income...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2023-04-11
Institution: The Netherlands - Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam
ECTS credit points: 4.5 ECTS credits

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Health Policy and Systems Analysis
Description: After successfully completing the module, students will be able to: ● Critically analyse the concepts of disease and risk factor patterns in relation to concepts of priority health problems...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2023-04-11
Institution: Switzerland - Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute, Basel
ECTS credit points: 6 ECTS credits

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Health in Detention
Description: At the end of the module the student should be able to: • Define the main legal instruments, professional codes, and declarations designed to protect the rights of prisoners, detainees, and health...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2023-09-11
Institution: Switzerland - Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute, Basel
ECTS credit points: 1.5 ECTS credits

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