Masters of Public Health (Global Health) (MPH)

QUALIFICATION: Masters of Public Health (Global Health)

ENTRY REQUIRMENTS:

PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION:

Global health is defined as the application of population principles to problems and challenges that transcend national boundaries.  The course is designed to equip participants with the basic skills required to identify and delineate critical health and development issues that confront populations in the settings which they are required to design and/or implement large or small scale interventions to protect or promote population health.  The course covers several critical issues in global health but not limited to epidemiology and disease control, health systems management, gender and health, food and nutrition, evidence-based practice, project design, monitoring and evaluation, environment and health.

INTAKE: JANUARY / JULY (Full-time, direct and post-registration)

The Masters of Public Health (global health) programme is a two-year programme offered by the School of Medicine for medical officers who have completed their internship and other degree level health care professionals.  The course includes didactic course work, public health practicum and mentored research, the latter resulting in a thesis. 

The two-year curriculum follows the modular and credit system and includes a full-time and part-time course management system, which has features to facilitate and enrich face-to-face as well as distance learning.  To qualify for award of the MPH, whether completed full-time or part-time, participants are required to complete a total of 8 modules (5 core modules and 3 elective modules) and a research dissertation.  The modules and the practicum will run, sometimes concurrently, for 12 months. Each module will run for 4 weeks and the practicum will run for 16 weeks.  The last 12 months are dedicated for the development of the research proposal, completion of the research, and the writing of the dissertation.  The research component can only be completed after satisfactory completion of all the 8 modules. Ideally the course should be completed in 24 months. However, course participants may have up to 48 months to complete the course.  Participants may sign up for individual modules without seeking the MPH qualification and receive a letter indicating that they participated in the individual module(s).

Core Modules:

    Elective Modules:

• Critical Issues in Global Maternal and Child Health
• Food and Nutritional Issues in Resources Limited Settings
• Infectious Diseases of Global Health Significance
• Environmental Health
• Evidence-based Global Health Policy
• Health Behavioural Methods: Measurement and Motivation
• Research Ethics

The key features of the CUZ MPH programme

Our educational philosophy is to offer an innovative, progressive, and flexible public health curriculum and we strive to use best practice in its delivery and assessment:

• Strong foundations in use of published literature.
• Strong foundations in research methods.
• Critical analysis integrated in all modules.
• Practical experience using the practicum which stimulates a real public health set up.
• Development of self-directed learning skills.
• Learning through group discussion including conferences, case methods, case studies, problem-based learning, and presentations
• IT skills and online learning
• The course is delivered by a combination of highly qualified professional lecturers from all related disciplines.