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Health services in developing countries [ WSDEV2103 ]


3.0 crédits ECTS  30.0 h  

Teacher(s) Malengreau Myriam ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Bruxelles Woluwe
Main themes 1. Decentralization and community participation 2. The private sector and traditional medicine 3. Specialized programs 4. The health district and the global approach - the intermediate level 5. Health services perception and use 6. Access to health services - Chronic diseases 7. Quality of health services evaluation and promotion 8. Drug and finances management (AEDES) 9. Management of health personnel 10. Strengthening health systems in DC - sector wide and multisectorial approaches
Aims Develop the student's ability to analyse and solve health services problems
Content Critical and participative appraisal of Implementation and management of health services and programmes in developing countries, using student's previous experiences of it, and pre-read documents
Other information Pre-requisites : As the course is based upon the students personal experiences, these must have at least a few years of experience of health problems and services in developing countries. Organisation 10 sessions of 3h : 2h of presentations and debate, + 1h of synthesis by the teacher - the students must read before the lecture the proposed documents and articles, and prepare specific questions (to be sent to the teacher before the lecture) - 4 will prepare as a group, short presentations of personal experiences to illustrate the day's theme ; these are followed by a debate - In the second part of the lecture, the teacher summarizes and completes the discussion Evaluation - student's presentations and participation to debates (33%) - written dissertation on an imposed subject (66%) Supportive material Practical informations and documents on internet
Cycle et année
d'étude
> Advanced Master in Public Health: Health and Development
Faculty or entity
in charge
> FSP


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