This 3-credit course is an introduction to the field
of health care financing and health economics. In the
past decade, some of the most controversial policies considered
by governments have involved issues that have been analyzed
by health economists. For this reason, public health professionals
need to have a sound basis to understand economic and
financing mechanisms underlying changes occurring in the
health sector.
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This 3-credit elective course is designed to familiarize
the participants with the fundamentals of nutrition. The
assessment of nutritional status, effects on growth and
common nutrition problems will be discussed in greater
detail. In addition, this course will provide an opportunity
to the participants to learn about the nutritional care
of the mother, infant and young children.
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This 3-credit elective course is aimed at enhancing the
skills of participants in hospital management in order
to improve the quality of services being provided in hospitals.
Participants will familiarise themselves with the essential
components of a hospital system, the role of hospitals
in relation to a primary health care system and the fundamental
principles of management of hospitals with respect to
financial, physical and personnel resource management.
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This 3-credit course specifically focuses on occupational
health problems. The emphasis is on problems encountered
in developing countries, in the rural and urban setting.
It begins by describing exposure-disease relationships
in the workplace and then goes on to discuss the various
control measures available to minimize such exposures.
Ergonomics and acute and chronic injuries are also discussed.
Other issues that are covered include occupational epidemiology,
industrial hygiene, workers’ compensation, and the
mechanism for delivery of occupational health services.
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The overall goal of this 3-credit course is to provide
the participants a basis on how to critically analyse,
develop and improve health policies. This course introduces
participants to the concepts of Primary Health Care, its
policies and strategies: the role of the community, the
participatory principle and the necessity for multi-sectoral
cooperation. Participants will develop an understanding
of the need for a health policy, and be equipped with
the methods and tools of policy formulation. This course
will introduce participants to means and methods of planning
at the central level. Participants will be given an insight
into how macro-plans relate to district plans and be able
to identify constraints, limitations and problems with
implementing macro-plans for improving peripheral health
services.
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The goal of this 3-credit course is to equip the participants
with the skills, knowledge and principles to design and
manage effective community-based reproductive health programmes
at the national, provincial and district levels. Students
spend the first part of the course preparing the community-level
assessment tools and the second part collecting the information
in the field. Assessments are conducted at volunteer tehsil
health centres where local health officials and community
providers can guide the types of information needed. Course
participants analyze the collected data and prepare written
and oral reports which are shared with the local health
unit. Appropriate community-based interventions are then
suggested from the needs assessment.
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During this 9-credit course, participants will be attached
to an existing programme active in health or health-related
activities, or carry out a research project of her/his
own choice in an area of public health. In close collaboration
with a faculty advisor, participants will ocnduct a study
in the form of basic or an Ongoing Research project or
program/project evaluation. At the end of the fieldwork
participants shall formally present their findings in
the form of a dissertation.
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