The aim of the course is to empower participants to develop more integrated and better adapted health systems. At the end of the course the participants should be able to present a clear vision on the problems their health system faces and to spell out alternatives for action.

“System” is understood as the grounds on which all players (professionals, government institutions, public and private oriented non-governmental organisations, the public …) that have a stake in the provision of health care act, as well as the relations and agreements they develop. Whether this ensemble of actors evolves towards achieving better population’s health depends upon the inner-system’s strengths and weaknesses and the opportunities and threads from outside. A system however should be capable of continuously adapting to the changing environment. New policies like liberalisation and decentralisation, emerging health problems like obesity, specific challenges like generalising treatment for AIDS patients are but three examples of current evolutions.

The course is experience based. This means that via lectures, seminars, group work and discussions, review of literature and individual assignments, participants are invited to review the organization and functioning of a system they have been working in. Their thesis work is the result of this analytical process and includes an argued and realistic action or research plan.

Claire Van Maerken
Tel: +32 (0)3 247 63 09
Fax: +32 (0)3 247 65 43
Email: education@itg.be
Email: HSMP-PMSS@itg.be
Internet: Click here for english version or Click here for french version

Email: HSMP-PMSS@itg.be
Internet: http://www.itg.be/itg/generalsite/Default.aspx?WPID=669&l=e&miid=255 or Click here for french version

The postgraduate course in Tropical Medicine and International Health provides health professionals with a broad and interdisciplinary training. It combines clinical and biomedical knowledge and skills with a systemic approach to health care organization and disease control. The broad perspective of international health policy and specific inputs from social sciences will help students grasp the complex picture of health and health care in low-resource settings. The integration of these different disciplines is a key feature of the programme.

Module 1: Introduction to International Health (15 weeks – 20 credits).
The situation of health, health problems and health care in this fast moving, globalizing world is extremely diverse and difficult to capture with the language of medicine alone, both in terms of assessment of the situation and of action to be developed. Problems range from the rather simple, technical kind, where evidence is available on what to do, over more challenging ones such as dealing with human beings in healthcare organisations to the very complex processes of decision making at national and international policy levels, involving values, interests and power.

Module 2: Clinical and biomedical sciences of tropical diseases (8 weeks-10 credits)
Module 2 provides a specialised training on tropical diseases for medical doctors on the one hand and biomedical scientists and pharmacists on the other. Its main aim is to provide health professionals from non-tropical countries an additional training in the diagnosis and management of tropical diseases, topics which are not or only minimally covered by university undergraduate curricula.

Titania Vandevelde
Email: tmih@itg.be
Tel: +32 (0)3 247 66 61
Fax : +32 (0)3 247 65 73
Internet: Click here for english version or Click here for french version

Le module Sciences Cliniques et Biomédicales de Maladies Tropicales offre aux professionnels de la santé de pays non-tropicaux une formation additionnelle en diagnostic et prise de décision de maladies tropicales, puisque ce genre de formation n’est pas ou peu couvert par les curricula universitaires. Professionnels de santé du Sud pourraient trouver ce cours une mise à jour de leurs connaissances acquises antérieurement.
Ce module est indépendant; pourtant, combiné avec l’introduction à la santé internationale, c’est un cours post graduat en médecine tropicale et santé internationale. Nous conseillons aux médecins et scientifiques biomédicaux et pharmaceutiques ayant peu ou pas d’expérience dans les pays en développement, de suivre les deux modules.

Titania Vandevelde
Tel: +32 (0)3 247 66 61
Fax: +32 (0)3 247 65 73
Email: tmih@itg.be
Internet: Click here for french version or Click here for english version

Students receive up-to-date training in specific reproductive health problems, as well as the necessary elements for the formulation of integrated strategies. The focus is on the appraisal of the public health importance of reproductive health and the development of specific control methods, with an emphasis on integrated strategies and intersectoral collaboration.

The main themes covered include: • HIV/AIDS • Sexually Transmitted Infections; • Family planning and unsafe abortion; • Maternal Health; • Project Cycle Management & Logical Framework. After completion of the course, participants will have learned how to: • Assess the importance of the different components of reproductive health problems; • Develop and prioritise specific strategies for prevention and control; • Implement those strategies within existing health structures with the focus on accessibility, affordability and sustainability; • Monitor and evaluate reproductive health programmes.

28 February - 13 May 2011 in French (yearly alternating French / English)

Marianne Hilgert
Tel : +32 (0)3 247 64 71
F ax : +32 (0)3 247 62 57
Email : MDC-MCM@itg.be
Internet: Click here for french version or Click here for english version

September 2011 - July 2012 in English (yearly alternating French / English)

September 2011 in English (yearly alternating French / English)

Danielle Debois, Nadia Ehlinger
Tel: +32 (0)3 24 76 266
Fax: +32 (0)3 24 76 268
Emial: MSTAH-MSSAT@itg.be
Internet:

28 février - 24 avril 2011 en Français (yearly alternating French / English)

La formation courte s’adresse au professionnel ou chercheur, titulaire d’un diplôme de
Maitrise en Santé Publique ou similaire et/ou avec une expérience pertinente dans la
formulation et/ou la mise en oeuvre des politiques de santé.

Claire Van Maerken
Tel: +32 (0)3 24 76 253
Fax: +32 (0)3 24 76 543
Emial: HSMP-PMSS@itg.be
Internet: Click here for PDF or http://www.itg.be/internet/courses1011/Table1011.html

The International Course on Planning and Management of Tropical Disease Control
Programmes is a 10 weeks course for health professionals involved in disease control in low and middle-income countries. The MDC teaching team wants to contribute to better disease prevention and control by supporting programme managers in their key functions: formulating a control policy and implementing and evaluating a programme. The course not only draws on the unique expertise of the ITM in diseases such as malaria, schistosomiasis, sleeping sickness, TB and HIV/AIDS; but also benefits of the rich exchange of experience between students from many different countries.

28 February - 13 May 2011 in French (yearly alternating French / English)

A university degree in medicine, or health related sciences or a professional bachelor in
nursing sciences and at least two years of relevant experience (related to tropical disease control in low and middle income countries) are required to be eligible for admission. A Master in Public Health degree (MPH) or a similar training is an asset.

Email: MDC-MCM@itg.be
Internet: Click here for french version or Click here for english version

eSCART offers the basic knowledge needed to provide antiretroviral treatment to HIV patients in low-resource settings by health care professionals; it is designed as an e-learning course, divided into thirteen modules.

Content:
Block 1: Introduction into HIV infection Natural evolution/Virology& Immunology
Block 2: Antiretroviral treatment - first line therapy ARV introduction/ Side effects /Drug interactions/ TB-HIV infection/ Monitoring patients on treatment, including adherence
Block 3: Public Health aspects Set-up, monitoring and evaluation of an ART Program
Block 4: Antiretroviral treatment - second line therapy When to switch to second line regimen/ Resistance
Block 5: Antiretroviral treatment - special indications PMTCT/ Pediatrics/ PEP

English course: 7 February - 29 May 2011
French course: 14 April - 17 July 2011

• regular access to the internet, ability to open this link (http://telemedicine.itg.be) in less than 5 minutes, PC with CD Rom reader, Speakers / headset

Please contact Annick Moonen Scart and Escart administrator Institut of Tropical Medicine Nationalestraat 155 - B-2000 Antwerpen Belgium
Email: tutor-e-scart@itg.be
Internet: Click here or Click here for french version

52nd Annual Colloquium
Part 1: Emerging Voices - 8-9 November 2010
Experts from the South, selected through an essay competition, give their views on universal coverage. The format of the conference allows for innovative ways of interacting in a scientific meeting. Click here
Part 2: Be-cause health - ITM Joint Colloquium Day -10 November 2010
Towards Universal Health Coverage in developing countries - Innovative strategies to implement the right to quality health services for the most vulnerable populations.
Programme / Objectives

The colloquium is aimed at the following expected results: 1. Innovative strategies to enhance Universal Health coverage, and to link them with the MDGs, have been proposed. This implies specific modalities to reach and involve the ‘bottom billion’; 2. Participants are aware of their potential to contribute to the worldwide efforts to enhance access and health coverage; 3. Innovative recommendations at the political and operational level have been put forward for the public and private Belgian, European and international stakeholders in health development cooperation; 4. Emerging voices expressed new views, findings and strategies and the research agenda has been updated.

8 - 10 November 2010

Email: colloquium2010@itg.be or emergingvoices2010@itg.be
Internet: http://www.itg.be/internet/colloq2010/

Side event to the colloquium "Health Research towards Universal coverage” (see above) at the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp. At this workshop, nongovernmental organizations working in the field of international health cooperation and research institutions will be discussing past and ongoing cases of research partnerships, the win-win approach of academic research and NGO action and the related challenges.

To accomplish their mission in the field of international health cooperation in a more rational – and finally more sustainable – way, non-governmental organisations which are members and partners of the Medicus Mundi International Network are in dire need of reliable evidence on “what works and what does not”. On the other hand, undertaking advocacy and sensitization activities at an international level, which is the other main activity of the MMI Network and its members, also needs to be rooted in reliable evidence. How to generate, access, share and use reliable evidence is therefore a crucial issue for the MMI Network and its members.

Program:
* Introduction
* Presentation of three case studies
* Discussion
* Conclusions

9 November 2010

Email: schwarz@medicusmundi.org
Internet: Click here