International Teaching Programme (in Health Systems Research and Management)

Block/short courses in the specialised areas of Health Systems Research and Management are run by the TU Berlin’s Department of Health Care Management in cooperation with the KNUST-School of Public Health in Ghana. These interactive courses are innovative in respect of the training needs of health professionals and other public/civil servants who require short programmes to enhance work output. All courses are held in English and hosted at the KNUST-School of Public Health in Ghana.

Target group: Health professionals and public/civil servants, as well as enrolled students of post-graduate Public Health related programmes

Certificate (and grade points): Upon a successful completion of a course, a certificate will be awarded (and grade points provided upon request).

Registration: For each of the block/short courses, there are only 20 spaces available. Please follow the courses on schedule below to register now.

Course Director: Prof. Dr. med. Reinhard Busse, MPH, FFPH

For more information, please contact: Daniel Opoku [7], Wilm Quentin [8]

The new Master’s Programme (MPH/MPhil) in Health Systems Research and Management at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology’s School of Public Health (KNUST-SPH), Ghana aims at training the next generation of health systems researchers and managers in Africa. The programme has been developed jointly by KNUST-SPH and the Department of Health Care Management at TU Berlin, Germany.

The programme is targeted at students with a good first degree (e.g. in medicine, health sciences, political science, economics, sociology) and at least two years of post-graduation work experience in a related field.

NB: Graduates of other post-graduate public health programmes may also apply with exemption from the common courses already registered and passed. The language of instruction is English.

Application: The programme starts in September every year. Applications open from the beginning of February until end of April. Interested applicants should apply [9]! Click here fore more information [10].