Facing the NCD epidemic in low- and middle-income countries: from data to service delivery
Description: By the end of the course he participants should be able to: •develop evidence-based models for NCD service delivery •critically appraise (local) evidence of NCD burden and availability and...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-06-21
Institution: Germany - Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg
ECTS credit points: 2 ECTS credits

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Public health anthropology: concepts and tools
Description: By the end of the course, participants will be able to: • Reflect on the use of ethnographic methods to conduct research in order to identify cultural paradigms and practices related to health...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-01-25
Institution: Germany - Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits

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Advanced Statistical Methods in Epidemiology (in 2021 exceptionally delivered as synchronous webinar)
Description: At the end of the module, students will be able to: • Appraise the different alternative explanations to causality, and propose ways to address them; evaluate the presence of effect modification...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-04-12
Institution: Germany - Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Berlin
ECTS credit points: 4.5 ECTS credits

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Vector Biology and Control in Ghana
Description: At the end of the module the student should be able to 1. explain the biology and behaviour of mosquitoes and relate it to their control strategies 2. critically discuss the purpose and role of...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-06-21
Institution: Germany - Center for International Health at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits

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Mental Health in a Cross-Cultural Perspective with a Special Focus on Traumatized Populations
Description: On successful completion of the module the student will be able to: • Identify and analyse current conceptualization and critiques of the global mental health movement and psychosocial wellbeing...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-03-01
Institution: Germany - Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Berlin
ECTS credit points: 2 ECTS credits

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Health Economics and Economic Analysis
Description: Overall objectives: At the end of the module the student should be able to: • critically discuss, exchange and share views about health economics and its use in the decision making...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-01-25
Institution: Germany - Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Berlin
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits

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Clinical Management of Tropical Diseases (CMTD)
with optional supplement:
Occupational Medicine in International Health (OMIH)
Description: By the end of the CMTD course, students should be able to: • Analyse and differentiate the clinical presentations of major infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-02-15
Institution: Germany - Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Berlin
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: 2021-06-07
Institution: Germany - Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg
ECTS credit points: 4.5 ECTS credits

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Public Health and Disasters - Assessing and responding to health care needs in natural disasters and complex emergencies
Description: At the end of the course participants should be able to: • explain the health and health systems impacts of disasters • explain the importance of addressing gender based violence and mental...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-05-17
Institution: Germany - Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg
ECTS credit points: 3 ECTS credits

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Proposal Writing as a Consultancy Skill
Description: The overall objective of this course is to enable health professionals and managers and students to understand and apply the concepts and principles of proposal writing within international health...
Classification: advanced optional
Date start: 2021-04-26
Institution: Germany - Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg
ECTS credit points: 2 ECTS credits

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