MSc programmes in International Health Policy

The Centre for International Public Health Policy at the
University of Edinburgh is setting up two new MSc programmes in
international health, starting in September 2006:

MSc public health policy (global health)
MSc public health policy (public private partnerships)

Drawing on the research of Prof Allyson Pollock and her colleagues, the programmes analyse the national and international challenge of markets within contemporary public health policy.

For more information: www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/postgraduate.

A new Masters in Global Health degree programme has been launched in Trinity College, Dublin.

This new Masters is focused on health in 'developing countries' and should be of interest to people from a wide range of backgrounds that wish to understand the broader and interlocking contexts of many health problems. It builds on traditional approaches to international health by bringing together perspectives and insights from a range of social and health sciences.

This is a taught programme over one year and includes a research project. This Masters programme, building on and replacing our previous successful Masters in
International/Community Health programme.

Core modules are:

• Researching Global Health,
• Determinants of Health,
• Economics and Financing of Health,
• Policy & Systems: Global &
  Country Level Perspectives,
• Key Skills in Global Health.

Optional Modules will include:

• Tropical Medicine,
• Nutrition & Global Health,
• Reproductive Health & HIV/AIDS,
• Human Dynamics of Development
  Co-operation Culture,
• Empowerment & Health.

Further information is available from the Centre for Global Health's website or contact global.health@tcd.ie.

Interested? Read more about Postgraduate global health on our Post graduate pages.