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Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Global Health (PUHR11046)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThe course aims to provide an understanding of the key concepts and issues related to global health, including the global health architecture, the impact of vertical and horizontal programme interventions and the global burden of disease.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this course, the candidate should:
* understand the global health architecture,
* have an overview on the efforts and methods (and political rational) directed towards measuring and specifying the magnitude of health problems in the world (global burden of disease and Disability Affected Life Years DALYs)
* be equipped to identify key risk factors and missed opportunities for development, that contribute to overall disease burden, and particularly to non communicable disease burden.
* understand the global health workforce crises
* appreciate international health policy issues related to prioritization of resources for health care and health research.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.chs.med.ed.ac.uk/education/mph/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsGlobal Health, Millennium Development goals, Health workforce crises, health systems
Contacts
Course organiserDr Ruth Mcquillan
Tel: (0131 6)50 9238
Email: Ruth.McQuillan@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Stuart Mallen
Tel: (0131 6)50 3227
Email: Stuart.Mallen@ed.ac.uk
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