Courses

Our courses are led by Facilitators with experience in diverse settings from high-, middle-, and low-income countries.
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2024 Course Programme

21/8/2024

NCD prevention and control in a global health perspective: Public health and health systems strengthening approaches

Which are the “best buy” interventions to prevent NCDs? In this course you will learn public health strategies to prevent and control NCDs, and changes needed in the health care system, with a focus on middle-and low-income countries.

Kaspar Wyss

Pascal Bovet

21/8/2024

Community-based participatory methods in public health

In this course participants will learn how to engage individuals, hospitals, health service providers, social organisations, and government officials to develop partnerships and co-create positive change.

Nadina Luca

Amalia Pesantes

21/8/2024

Making sense of the evidence to inform programmes, policies, and practice

How can we review evidence to inform our work? In this course you will learn about the types of evidence reviews relevant for public health practice and research, including – among the others- systematic and scoping reviews

Gian Luca Di Tanna

Emilia Riggi

Joseph Alvin Ramos Santos

21/8/2024

Identifying and navigating ethical issues in public health

Public health policy, practice, and research entail numerous ethical challenges. How should one decide what the right thing to do is? This course will equip participants with the tools, skills, and know-how that are necessary to assess and deal with ethical challenges.

Marta Fadda

Caroline Brall

21/8/2024

Health in Emergencies: assessing and responding to health care needs in complex situations

In this course you will learn how to conduct rapid needs assessments to support goal setting and prioritize actions, develop key indicators of the health status of a population and utilise human-centered design and behavioral science in a multi-stakeholder environment, to plan, coordinate and design services that really matter to and work well for communities

Rowena Merritt

24/8/2024

Strategic Project Management

This course introduces participants to the basic principles, methods, and tools for project management in a realistic context, allowing them to improve their ability to manage complex projects.

Paulo Gonçalves

Mariya Andreeva

24/8/2024

Promoting healthy behaviors through multi-level approaches

In this course you will learn why promoting lifestyle behaviors through evidence-based, multi-level approaches is as important as ever and what it takes to design for success.

Yana Manyuk

24/8/2024

Knowledge transfer and knowledge exchange: Coming to the future, coming from the past

This course will illustrate different ways and methods for effective and efficient knowledge transfer and exchange in public health, using practical examples from around the world and from a variety of health challenges

Kaspar Staub

24/8/2024

Measuring health spending and results to improve health sector performance and meet strategic objectives and inform policy reforms

How much do we spend on health and what are we achieving? This course focuses on the challenges and opportunities of tracking expenditures and assessing efficiencies to meet strategic objectives and inform policy and health system reforms.

Laura Di Giorgio

24/8/2024

A practical introduction to the Meta-Analysis toolkit

In this course, participants will learn how to conduct meta-analysis and interpret the results of meta-analyses. Particular emphasis will be placed on meta-analytic methods to pool the quantitative evidence available

Gian Luca Di Tanna

Emilia Riggi

Joseph Alvin Ramos Santos

Robert Grant

24/8/2024

Applied digital health for health systems strengthening: Foundations in digital health and clinical decision support systems

In this highly interactive course designed for people in all types of settings, we will focus on developing a robust understanding of the implications, constraints and opportunities in the application of digital health in a health system

Martin Raab

Fenella Beynon