Table 1: Content
Introduction and
orientation
Concepts and
research methods
Health problems
and responses
Health systems,
management and
communication
Content (hours)
Introduction to course programme, campus
facilities and fellow participants (4)
Library, internet and literature search (3)
presentation and discussion with a
representative sample of European NGOs
working in IH (13)
Introduction to laboratory sciences (2)
Epidemiology and biostatistics (basic
concepts, surveillance, sampling, surveys,
analytical statistics, critical reading, outbreak
investigation) (36)
Social sciences (culture and development,
communication, social determinants,
community participation, health seeking
behaviour, qualitative research methods) (20)
Analysis of nutritional situation (4)
Operational analysis (3)
Vertical analysis (8)
Intro to tropical medicine incl. epidemiological,
nutritional and demographic transitions (4)
Helminthology, protozoology, microbiology,
virology, entomology basics (18)
Clinical aspects (TB, Malaria, Schisto, HAT,
HIV/AIDS, Vaccine preventable diseases) (19)
Laboratory diagnosis of intestinal worms,
haematological problems, TB, malaria, HAT
and HIV (16)
Epidemiology of TB, Malaria, HIV/AIDS,
childhood diseases, maternal health problems
(9)
Non-communicable disease and mental health
(12)
Introduction to environmental hygiene (4)
Infectious diseases, nutrition, water and
sanitation in emergency situations (15)
Vertical (health problem) analysis exercise –
developing a prevention and disease control
program; Chagas, Hepatitis.B, Measles,
Dengue, Cervical cancer (6)
Applied prevention and control strategies; TB,
Vector borne diseases, HIV/AIDS, maternal
health problems and child health incl. growth
monitoring and management of malnutrition,
sexual and reproductive health problems (42)
Contact hours
SIT
20
20
73
160
129 (145)
220
Public health management – basic concepts
(21)
Historic milestones, MDGs, globalisation and
introduction to health systems (10)
Drug policies (2)
Operational levels of a health system and HIS
(5)
119
200
HRM, international policy and actors (6)
Nutritional policies (4)
Emergency situations trends, policy and
organizational aspects (11)
Organization of district health services incl.
community participation, resource
management, financing, local health policy
(18)
Organisational aspects of disease control
programmes (42)
Table 2: Structure of the course
Building blocks of the core course
Introduction to health care
organisation in LMIC (3 ½ weeks)
Integrated TB care (1 week)
HIV/AIDS: from patient to policy (1 ½
week)
Vector-borne diseases: a
comprehensive approach to
prevention and case management (2
weeks)
Targeting health of the next
generation (1 week)
Contents
Introduction to course programme,
facilities and participants
Literature search
Concepts and tools in public health,
epidemiology and statistics
International health issues
Non-communicable diseases
Mental health
Health care seeking behaviour
Epidemiology
Laboratory diagnostics
Clinical aspects and treatment
Control strategies
Health service organisation
Critical reading
Epidemiology
Natural evolution, staging, clinical
manifestations, diagnosis
ART, PEP, PMTCT
Organisational aspects
HIV prevention and control
Human resources for health
International actors
Pathogens, lab investigation, vector
dynamics, clinical features, case
definition, drugs and resistance,
disease control strategies for malaria,
human African trypanosomiasis (HAT),
schistosomiasis and leishmaniasis
Home-based treatment
Disease surveillance, community
participation and drug policies
Critical reading
Epidemiology of childhood illnesses
Vaccine preventable diseases and
vaccines
HIV and TB in children
Analysis of nutritional situation
Applied prevention and control
Hours (SIT)
120
45
70
90
45
strategies; child health incl. growth
monitoring, EPI-IMCI and management
of malnutrition
Nutritional policies
Critical reading
Safe motherhood: a complex problem Epidemiology of maternal health
requiring a systemic approach
problems
(1 week)
Obstetric complications, infertility,
abortion and post abortion care, sexual
violence, family planning
Applied prevention and control
strategies;
Operational levels in a system, HIS
Monitoring and evaluation
Critical reading
Health care organisation in an
Infectious diseases, water and
emergency situation (1 week)
sanitation, nutrition in emergencies
Outbreak investigation and control
Survey and sampling
Protection
Trends in emergency care
Health care organisation in refugee
camp
Health care delivery systems for
Organization of district health services
defined populations (1 ½ week)
incl. community participation, resource
management, financing, local health
policy
Operationalisation of a disease control
programme
Infection control
Qualitative research
Laboratory diagnostics, blood
transfusion
Exams (4 half days) after 2 weeks
reserved for personal study
50
50
65
65