Short Courses in International Health
DOWNLOAD SHORT COURSE FLYER 2023Improving the Quality of Healthcare Services
January 09 - January 20, 2023
This course focuses on practical tools and methods to improve healthcare services in low- and middle-inco-me countries. It introduces participants to major steps and trends in healthcare quality and patient safety movements with a focus on challenges to improving quality in resource-limited settings.
- Contact Time: 90 hrs
- Fees: 1,500€, reduced rate tropEd 1,000€
- Credit: 3 ECTS
Public Health Anthropology
January 23 - February 3, 2023
After an introduction to Public Health Anthropology, participants are provided with knowledge in research methods and in practice apllication recommendations.
- Contact Time: 90 hrs
- Fees: 1,500€, reduced rate tropEd 1,000€
- Credit: 3 ECTS⠀⠀⠀
Global Challenges in Reproductive Health: Evidence and Tools for Programme Implementation
February 6 - February 17, 2023
The short course introduces participants to the human rights approach to reproductive health as well as strategies, frameworks, and tools for improving and managing reproductive health in health systems with a special focus on appropriate indicators, planning processes, and service provision.
- Contact Time: 90 hrs
- Fees: 1,500€, reduced rate tropEd 1,000€
- Credit: 3 ECTS
Disease Control: Strategies and Policies
February 27 - March 10, 2023
This short course provides in-depth knowledge on principles and strategies of disease control and equips students with the necessary skills to successfully establish, strengthen and systematically review disease control programmes.
- Contact Time: 90 hrs
- Fees: 1,500€, reduced rate tropEd 1,000€
- Credit: 3 ECTS
Leadership and Change Management in International Health
March 13 - March 24, 2023
The overall objective of this module is to explore advanced topics in leadership as it pertains to change management in dynamic health care environments found in low and middle income countries.
- Contact Time: 90 hrs
- Fees: 1,500€, reduced rate tropEd 1,000€
- Credit: 3 ECTS
Consultancy Skills in International Cooperation in Health: Evaluation of Health Facilities, Projects and Programmes
March 27 - April 7, 2023 & July 10 - July 21, 2023
Join a multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary, expert-led group of health professionals and managers in learning or strengthening your skills in International Health consulting.
The course provides practical knowledge and experience.
- Contact Time: 90 hrs
- Fees: 1,500€, reduced rate tropEd 1,000€
- Credit: 3 ECTS
Proposal Writing as a Consultancy Skill
April 24 - April 28, 2023
The overall objective of this course is to enable health professionals and managers and students to understand and apply the concepts and principles of proposal writing within international health and to improve their personal and technical skills for in proposal writing.
- Contact Time: 60 hrs
- Fees: 750€, reduced rate tropEd 500€
- Credit: 2 ECTS
Financing Health Care: Concepts, Challenges and Practices
May 1 - May 12, 2023
his course provides an over-view on the history of health care financing and the basic features of health care financing mechanisms in high-, middle-, and low-income countries. Among others it addresses the universal health coverage in regards to the Migration/Refugee Crisis.
- Contact Time: 90 hrs
- Fees: 1,500€, reduced rate tropEd 1,000€
- Credit: 3 ECTS
Public Health in Emergencies
May 15 - May 26, 2023
The content of the course reflects up-to-date knowledge and experience with the impact assessment and management of natural disasters and complex emergencies in the health sector.
- Contact Time: 90 hrs
- Fees: 1,500€, reduced rate tropEd 1,000€
- Credit: 3 ECTS
HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING
May 22 - May 26, 2023
This course aims to provide students with the necessary tools to develop and to successfully implement Health systems strengthening (HSS) interventions in low/middle-income countries (LMICs), in order to maximize impact of national disease-control programs.
- Contact Time: 60 hrs
- Fees: 750€, reduced rate tropEd 500€
- Credit: 2 ECTS
QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
June 5 - June 16, 2023
This course introduces participants to the global context for quality improvement including quality management frameworks, quality improvement principles and health care quality and safety evaluation mechanisms and tools.
- Contact Time: 90 hrs
- Fees: 1,500€, reduced rate tropEd 1,000€
- Credit: 4,5 ECTS

Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings
June 19 - June 23, 2023
In this course, participants will learn the principles and importance of patient safety in delivering quality healthcare in primary care settings. Most importantly, participants will acquire knowledge ans skills to develop strategies and tools to promote patient safety in primary care settings.
- Time: 60 hrs (31 contact and 29 self-study hours)
- Fees: 750,00€, reduced rate tropEd 500,00€
- Credit: 2 ECTS
MIXED METHODS IN INTERNATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH
June 12 - June 23, 2023
Research in international health is becoming increasingly complex, requiring scientists to move away from the traditional quantitative vs. qualitative methodological dichotomy.
Mixed methods research represents an opportunity to build on the specific strengths of quantitative and qualitative research methods to foster synergies between the two which may allow for a more comprehensive understanding of the problems at stake.
- Contact Time: 90 hrs
- Fees: 1,500€, reduced rate tropEd 1,000€
- Credit: 3 ECTS