Master’s Programmes
NEW: Core Course in Public Health and Health Equity The Core Course in Public Health and Health Equity is a three-month 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. In the Netherlands, the Core Course in Public
Course Objectives
Health and Health Equity forms part of a post-
After the programme, you will be able to:
graduate training programme for physicians,
• Identify and analyse the health needs of different
leading to a diploma as MD Global Health and
populations, explaining the role of the underlying
Tropical Medicine (AIGT). For more information,
determinants and the health system.
please visit: www.oigt.nl.
• Identify public health research needs and assess
The Core Course in Public Health and Health
• Discuss the principles and processes of designing
research methods and results. Equity is organised by KIT Royal Tropical Institute
and implementing public health, community-
in collaboration with the Vrije Universiteit Medical
centred programmes, and interventions, taking
Centre (VU) in Amsterdam and the University
into account the relevant policies, evidence,
Hospital of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). It is
context, and perspectives of equity and human
NVAO and tropEd accredited, as part of the Master in Public Health and Health Equity.
rights. • Communicate and collaborate effectively in multi-disciplinary, intersectoral, and multi-cultural settings. • Critically self-reflect, for continuous professional development, to become an agent of change in public health.
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