Fields of study 

Students will be introduced to the basics of global and public health, hygiene infrastructure and health policies. Further, they will gain knowledge about infectious diseases as well as non-communicable diseases, mother-child health and environmental issues. In connection with that, they will discuss strategies to control and prevent diseases, especially focussing on LMIC. Therefore, not only social but also biological and environmental aspects and impacts on health will be tackled, for instance food production and nutrition. Also, the study will broach the issue of current challenges in global health, SDGs as guiding principles, and management structures in health care system in order to prepare students for future policymaking.

With graduation you have

• gained in-depth knowledge and a profound understanding of
  • Global Health as such,
  • Global Clinical Care,
  • non-communicable diseases,
  • maternal and child health,
  • prevention and control of infectious diseases,
  • health systems,
  • development politics and humanitarian aid,
  • food security and safety,
  • One Health,
  • risk assessment and management, as well as
  • sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• practiced how to use the acquired knowledge to new, so far unknown situations, particularly in low resource settings.
• learned how to analyse the health implications of given situations with the help of interdisciplinary approaches.
• trained how to develop and assess health interventions for various issues – while being aware of the complexity and scarcity of information and the necessity of tying recommendations and decisions back to latest scientific findings.
• enhanced the ability to communicate, present and argue for health issues in a way that is appropriate to the target group.

For an in-depth insight into the study contents please watch the video below.