30May

“If a single tree takes the force of the wind, it falls”: Rationale, concept and work of the Pan African DrPH Consortium

DrPH

In a first for the continent, universities in West, East and South Africa, with the support of partners in the US and UK, are working on developing a Pan African Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree. This degree will have a focus on public health leadership in Africa and is aimed at current and potential strategic-level leaders who intend to advance a professional practice career in public health. In this blog, Irene Akua Agyepong tells us more about the rationale for this initiative, the programme's concept and components, as well as initial implementation steps in Ghana and Nigeria.

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New Teaching Tool Kit: Global Health

The Consortium of Universities for Global Health has released a tool kit that is organised around a series of competencies, with teaching strategies and resources such as websites, videos, journal articles and reports listed against each competency. Although focused on global health, it is likely to be useful to HPSR educators too because many of the competencies are similar to those covered in HPSR courses.

Understanding and Analysing Health Policy: DISTANCE MODULE

Distance education version of popular health policy module

Promoting equitable access to health care for households

The case studies present participants with an equity ‘lens’ through which to view the challenges of promoting health system access, focussing attention on households’ experience of illness and health service access with facilitator notes.