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 Health and Health Equity forms part of a postgraduate training programme for physicians, leading to a diploma as MD Global Health and Tropical Medicine (AIGT). For more information, please visit: www.oigt.nl.

The Core Course in Public Health and Health Equity is organised by KIT Royal Tropical Institute in collaboration with the Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre (VU) in Amsterdam and the University Hospital of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). It is NVAO and tropEd accredited, as part of the Master in Public Health and Health Equity.

Course Objectives

After the programme, you will be able to:

• Identify and analyse the health needs of different populations, explaining the role of the underlying determinants and the health system.

• Identify public health research needs and assess research methods and results.

• Discuss the principles and processes of designing and implementing public health, communitycentred programmes, and interventions, taking into account the relevant policies, evidence, context, and perspectives of equity and human 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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