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  • Impact Evaluations for Health Systems Strengthening

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    Discounts and Fees We offer a range of discounts for early bird applicants, alumni, tropEd students and groups. See below the discounts and fees for Health Planning and Programming (HPP course). See for more information about our discounts for groups and other short courses on our exclusive discount page.

  • Evidence for public health responses: Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

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    This two-week course is designed to equip you with advanced statistical skills crucial for informed decision making in public health. This course delves into essential methodologies for planning epidemiological field surveys, conducting sample size calculations, and analysing complex data in R-statistical programme language, to address pressing public health challenges.

  • Health Planning and Programming

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    Planning and programming are major components of programme management by any health system actor such as governments, national and international non-governmental organisations and the private sector: being able to plan well and set up effective programmes is a key competence of any health programme manager and health sector consultant.

  • Foundations of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning in Public Health

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    This dynamic two-week course equips you with essential skills and knowledge to navigate the landscape of evidence-informed decision making in global public health.
    This course delves into the foundational principles of monitoring, evaluation, and learning within the frame of global public health.

  • Master of Science in Public Health and Health Equity

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    The Master of Public Health and Health Equity (MPH-HE) is a mid-career Master of Science programme, organised by KIT Institute and the VU University Amsterdam. It is meant for professionals working in health service delivery or health management, in national health systems or international organisations.
    This new Master programme is a merging of the former Master of Public Health (MPH) and Master in International Health (MIH) and as from September 2024 it replaces both programmes.

  • Core Course in Public Health and Health Equity

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    The Core Course in Public Health and Health Equity is a 3 months course that prepares you to systematically analyse and address complex public health issues, covering epidemiology, health system aspects, and broader social determinants of health. The course focuses on health equity in low-resource settings and high-resource settings with disadvantaged populations. It can be taken as a stand-alone course or as part of the Master of Science in Public Health and Health Equity.

  • Global perspectives on Digital Health (tailor-made course)

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    This two-week e-learning course offers an introduction and overview of digital health, including a strong emphasis on how in reality, digital health functions in various settings. Participants will discuss how digital health interventions can help push the triple aim of Universal Health Coverage and Sustainable Goal Development for more people at a lower cost in different settings in high-, low- and middle-income countries.

  • Feminist Edge

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    Feminist Edge is a Professional Development Programme for Gender Trainers. It focusses on the practice and theory of gender training.

  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Public Health and Epidemiology

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    Geographic Information Systems (GIS) provide tools for planning and monitoring of health interventions and disease control activities. GIS can be applied to improve health care delivery in disease control programmes. In this course you will use GIS to identify patterns of disease in time and place and to assess public access to health care services.

  • Analysing Disrupted Health Systems

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    Crises have a major impact on the health of people and health systems. Understanding the context and how health systems are affected by crises is essential while finding the way forward. This course provides participants with an approach to analyse health systems operating in fragile and conflict-affected environments.

  • SRHR: Policy, Governance and Financing

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    What are the key issues in the good governance of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)? How can one negotiate the complex political and financial terrain when developing policies and strategic plans? Maternal health, family planning, adolescent health, abortion and HIV, and the policies and strategies that address these, are among the most internationalised and to some extent politicised of all health issues.

  • SRHR: Organising Equitable Responses

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    Improving sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) continues to be high on the global public health agenda. This course builds on current evidence to critically identify and analyse responses across health systems and communities in various settings. It discusses equity, voice, accountability and participation in the organisation of responses, with a focus on ensuring and advocating for equitable services for marginalized groups. This course will enable you to translate principles of sound SRHR responses into practice.