Title: Santé et Droits Sexuels et Reproductifs (SDSR)
Keywords: Sexual & reproductive health
Maternal Health
Human rights
Adolescent Health
Country: Netherlands
Institution: The Netherlands - Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam
Course coordinator: Chantale Lakis
Date start: 2025-06-16
Date end: 2025-06-27
About duration and dates: 2 weeks
Classification: advanced optional
Mode of delivery: Face to face
Course location:
KIT Royal Tropical Institute
Health Department
Mauritskade 64
1092 AD Amsterdam
The Netherlands
tropEd representative: Lisanne Gerstel / Maaike Flinkenflögel
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits
SIT:
84 hours
Contact (face to face): 57 hours
Self-study: 24 hours
Exam: 3 hours
Language: French
Description:
At the end of the module the student should be able to:
- Critically analyse key concepts of Sexual and Reproductive health and Rights within low and middle income settings
- Explain and present trends and patterns on a range of SRHR issues and analyse the multi-faceted factors driving them.
- Analyse Sexual and Reproductive Health issues from a rights-based and gender-based perspective
- Describe and analyze components of effective SRHR responses in the context of a health system in low and middle income countries;
Assessment Procedures:
A 3-hour open book examination using essay questions and case studies.
Students will be provided written feedback and if they fail they can participate in a re-sit.
Content:
Topics of the sessions include:
- Introduction to sexual and reproductive health and rights
- Contraception/ Family planning
- Maternal health
- HIV and STI
- Sex and sexuality
- Integration of gender
- Adolescents and sexual and reproductive health
- Gender based violence
- SRHR in fragile situations
- Promotion of safe abortion
- Monitoring, evaluation and learning in SRHR programs
- Integration of services
- Human resources for SRHR
Methods:
Interactive lectures (30 hours), case studies (18 hours, role plays (4 hours), game (1 hour), debate (4 hours)
Prerequisites:
At least Bachelor level in health (i.e. medicine, nursing, etc.)

At least 3 years of prior working experience in LMIC
A good command of French verbally and written, shown through experience in curriculum vitae
Attendance:
Max number of students 25
Max. number of tropEd students 10
Selection:
first come, first served
Fees:
€ 1980
Early bird fee € 1.800 (payment deadline=10.03.2025)
tropEd fee : € 1.782
Scholarships:
Nuffic: Orange Knowledge Program (OKP) www.nuffic.nl
tropEd accreditation:
Accredited in Rabat GA Metting, Feb 2020. This accreditation is valid until Feb 2025
Email Address: courses@kit.nl
Date Of Record Creation: 2020-03-03 05:30:02 (W3C-DTF)
Date Of Record Release: 2020-03-03 11:38:41 (W3C-DTF)
Date Record Checked: 2020-03-03 (W3C-DTF)
Date Last Modified: 2024-11-12 10:43:45 (W3C-DTF)