Diploma (HCMTC)
Accredited by TropEd, this course is part of the joint European programme Master of Advanced Studies in International Health (MAS) and one of the mandatory core course in the programme. The core course is followed by a series of optional modules (e.g. the advanced courses at STI). Some modules are also counting for the MPH of Swiss universities.The transfer of credits for courses taken in different places is regulated by the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

The focus of the course has shifted from curative tropical medicine towards a broad view of health and development at district level. The course aims at introducing the range of skills and knowledge needed to work as a member of a District Health Management Team. Topics covered include a wide range of subjects ranging from basic parasitology, epidemiology and health care in tropical diseases to management skills. Throughout, there is a strong emphasis on a community approach and on the development of skills needed for communication, teaching and training.

Content:

• Concepts and research methods (methodology, epidemiology, statistics, social science concepts)(3 - 5 weeks)
• Health Problems (major endemic diseases, child hood / nutrition, reproductive health, adult health / violence, environmental health, health in transition) (3 - 5 weeks)
  Essential laboratory and parasitology
• Health system management and communication (health policy/planning, health economics, health promotion, management)(3 - 5 weeks)

Within the Master of Advanced Studies in International Health (MIH) curriculum of TropEd candidates will receive 3,0 credit points for this Advanced Course.

To enable health professionals to understand and apply the concepts and principles of essential medicines and rational medicine management with a focus on the diseases of poverty HIV/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis, to recognise the need for a national and international medicine policy
environment, to improve knowledge and skills and to gain practical field experience for rational medicine management within different health system contexts.

Course topics:

• Historic milestones and current global medicine situation in different health care
  systems
• Concept of essential medicines and its relevance in primary health care
• Concept and principles of rational medicine management in pluralistic and reforming
  health systems
• Roles of different stakeholders including health workers, traditional healers, research
  organisations and the pharmaceutical industry
• The international context, global treaties and national medicine policy
• Treatment guidelines, essential medicine lists and personal medicine lists
• Patterns of medicine use, strategies for the promotion of rational medicine use, community medicine use
• Antimicrobial resistance and approaches for containment Medicine quality and quality assurance
• Rational management of HIV/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis related treatment within their respective global initiatives
• Framework and components of a medicine supply system including procurement and distribution
• Elements of medicine costs, affordability and financing options
• Critical medicine information management

The total course fee is CHF 2300.- (Swiss Francs) including tuition, accommodation/full board and must be paid 8 weeks before the start of the course. This sum includes the registration fee (CHF 100.-) which is due at the moment of acceptance. If a participant does not attend the course, the registration fee cannot be reimbursed. If cancellation is less than 4 weeks before beginning of the course an additional fee of CHF 500.- will be charged. Cost for international flights must be added.

STI, Basel, Switzerland
Ifakara, Tanzania, http://www.healthtrainingifakara.org/

This module provides information and tools on planning district health services. A major part of the course is a realistic simulation of the project design process. Participants will take the roles of a project design mission and will complete a full design document.

At the end of the module students will be able to:

- to work with concepts of priority setting, economics and planning regarding the development of health systems
- to put into practice principles of management that can be applied to district health services, - - using the Health Resources Allocation Model by the Swiss Tropical Institute
- to design a health programme and prepare a project proposal.

Basel: 31 March 2010
Ifakara: August 2009

This module is open to participants with a STI diploma "Health Care and Management in Tropical Countries (HCMTC)" or an equivalent degree, but it is also designed as a course for
professionals working in the field of planning and programme design. In addition it is an optional module within the joint Master Curriculum in International Health (MIH) of tropEd, a collaborative network of 33 institutes of higher education in 13 European and 3 overseas countries.
Good mastery of the English language.

STI, Basel, Switzerland

The course is a simulation exercise applying the latest tools assessing population health needs, establishing district intervention priorities, and allocation district health resources in a context of limited funding. Participants take the roles of district health planning team members and will:

• Define efficacy-adjusted, intervention addressable, burdens of disease for a case study district population and health system
• Establishing intervention priorities by weighing this evidence against other information available from the local health information system and national guidelines.
• Determine current constrains and bottlenecks to equity-effectiveness (coverage ) of these interventions.
• Apply computer-based applications to allocate an optimal mix of resources to incrementally scale-up coverage ot these interventions.
• Link these investments to national development and poverty reduction goals.
• Prepare a complete District health Plan and budget that responds to population need, health system realtities and resources, and contemporary evidence on effectiveness of interventions.
• Present and defend the District Health Plan to both: a) a lay Board; and b) Goverment authorities.

This module is open to participants with a STI diploma "Health Care and Management in Tropical Countries (HCMTC)" or an equivalent degree, but it is also designed as a course for
professionals working in the field of planning and programme design. In addition it is an optional module within the joint Master Curriculum in International Health (MIH) of tropEd, a collaborative network of 33 institutes of higher education in 13 European and 3 overseas countries.
Good mastery of the English language.

The course aims to teach clinical medicine inside health facilities of tropical countries. It cominbes new teaching methods, recent scientific knowledge, and medical practice with limited resources, into a novel form of education for medical professionals working at district level in a developing country.

HIV/AIDS is a major health problem in countries of the South. Major initiatives are currently under way to tackle this dramatic epidemic. Based on the experience gained in a rural district, one academic week of this course is reserved to cover the wide range of technical and practical issues with regard to the management of HIV/AIDS patients in a peripheral setting of Sub-Saharan Africa.

The course fee is CHF 3.900.- (Swiss francs) and must be paid in advance. This sum includes the registration fee (DHF 100.-) which is due at the moment of acceptance, the tuition fee and travel within Tanzania as well as accomodation and full board during the time of the course.

Please contact the Course-Secretariat, Swiss Tropical Institute, P.O. Box, CH - 4002 Basel, Switzerland,
Tel: +41 (0)61 284 82 80,
Fax: +41 (0)61 284 81 06,
Email: courses-sti@unibas.ch
Internet: Click here or here
Informations on the partner institute, the Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre can be obtained at http://www.healthtrainingifakara.org/

Kursdaten 2009:
1. Teil "Grundmodul": 14. September - 9. Oktober 2009
2. Teil "Biomedizinisches Modul": 12. Oktober - 6. November 2009
Kursdaten 2010:
1. Teil "Grundmodul" 20. September - 15. Oktober 2010
2. Teil "Biomedizinisches Modul" 18. Oktober - 12. November 2010
Kursdaten 2011:
1. Teil "Grundmodul" 19. September - 14. Oktober 2011
2. Teil "Biomedizinisches Modul" 17. Oktober - 11. November 2011

Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut
Kurssekretariat
Postfach
CH - 4002 Basel
Tel: +41 (0)61 284 82 80
Fax: +41 (0)61 284 81 06
E-mail: courses-sti@unibas.ch
Internet: http://www.sti.ch/de/lehre-und-ausbildung/allgemeiner-tropenkurs.html
or http://www.sti.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Pdfs/tnt/FPH2008.pdf

The certificate course "Travellers' Health" aims at preparing the participants to provide relevant information for travellers and to assess travel-related problems occurring during travel and after their return with a special focus on tropical diseases. The general objectives are to provide up-to-date information in travel medicine with regard to:

• Preventive pre-travel advice including immunizations and other aspects during travel
• Appropriate risk assessment and behaviour during travel
• Management of travel-related diseases based on individual and epidemiological features

1 - 5 February 2010

The course consists of three parts:

• Pre-travel advice: Goals of travel medicine, vaccinations, malaria prophylaxis, special risk groups, standardization of travel advice, information tools, communicating information
• Health problems abroad: Common health problems during travel.
• The returning traveller: Differential diagnosis of travel related diseases (fever, diarrhoea, skin disorders, eosinophilia), management of imported diseases.

Swiss Tropical Institute, Course Secretariat, P.O. Box, CH-4002 Basel/Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0)61 284 82 80,
Fax: +41 (0)61 284 81 06,
E-mail: courses-sti@unibas.ch
Internet: Click here

In the past year there has been a rapid increase in interest and application of cash transfers and other incentives intended to strengthen health systems in developing and transition countries. The Swiss Tropical Institute (STI) is organizing its 12th Symposium assembling researchers as well as policy and decision makers interested in international health to examine this experience. Specifically, the Symposium aims to have an in-depth look at current experiences and knowledge on supply and demand side incentive mechanisms to increase the quality and coverage of the population with health services and priority home –based interventions.

The symposium will allow participants to learn form recent experiences in countries of sub Saharan Africa and elsewhere and to get acquainted with the potential of incentive-based interventions and the role of research.

27 - 28 November 2008

Swiss Tropical Institute, Course Secretariat, P.O. Box, CH-4002 Basel/Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0)61 284 83 11
Fax: +41 (0)61 284 81 03
E-mail: scih-sti@unibas.ch
Internet: Click here

Malaria: Der direkte Nachweis der Malariaerreger im Blut ist, trotz moderner molekularer Diagnostikverfahren, immer noch die Referenzmethode der Malariadiagnostik. Neben bio-logischen, epidemiologischen und klinischen Aspekten ist darum der Hauptteil des Kurses der Differen-tialdiagnose der Plasmodien gewidmet. Eine Blinddiagnose am Schluss des Kurses ermöglicht die Selbstevaluation des Lernerfolges.

Diagnostic du paludisme: La mise en évidence des plasmodies dans le sang reste la procédure diagnostique de référence même en présence de tests de biologie moléculaire modernes.
Lors de ce module, les aspects biologiques, épidémio-logiques, et cliniques ainsi que des méthodes diagnostiques sont enseignés. Une grande partie du cours est consacrée au diagnostic différentiel au microscope des quatre espèces plasmodiales. Un test pratique d’auto-évaluation est proposé en fin de journée.

Tageskurse / Cours d’un jour: 9.15 – 17.00 Uhr

• Malariadiagnostik (12. Februar und 28. Mai 2009)
• Paludisme : 23 avril 2009

Tageskurse: 12. Februar 2009, 23. April 2009, 28. Mai 2009

• Biomedizinische AnalytikerInnen / Techniciens
• ÄrztInnen / Médecins
• BiologInnen / Biologistes
• LaborleiterInnen / Responsables de laboratoires médicaux

Die Malariakurse sind von der Höheren Fach- und Führungsausbildung als Weiterbildungsveranstaltungen für biomedizinische AnalytikerInnen anerkannt.

Kurssekretariat
Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut
Socinstrasse 57
Postfach
4002 Basel
Tel: +41 (0)61 284 82 80
Fax: +41 (0)61 284 81 06
E-mail: courses-sti@unibas.ch
Internet: Click here or Programm 2009

Dieses Modul soll den Teilnehmenden erste Einblicke in das strategische Projektmanagement bieten. Mit verschiedenen Tools und Planungshilfen (Project Cycle Management, Logical Framework Approach) vereinfacht sich der Prozess von der Problemdefinition über die Zielfindung bis hin zur konkreten Planung einzelner Aktivitäten. Thematisiert werden ebenfalls die Prinzipien und Implementationsschritte des Projektmonitorings und der Projektevaluation.

Nach erfolgreicher Beendigung des Moduls
— kennen die Teilnehmenden die Grundlagen und Begriffe des Project Cycle Management und dessen Bedeutung für das strategische Management von Projekten
— sind die Teilnehmenden in der Lage, ein ausgewähltes Gesundheitsproblem und die möglichen zugrunde liegenden Faktoren in ihrer Bedeutung für die Projektplanung zu analysieren
— kennen die Teilnehmenden die Systematik des Logical Framework Approach und können mit diesem Tool eine Projektplanungsskizze erarbeiten.

Inhalte:
— Theoretische Einführung in das strategische Projektmanagement und das Project Cycle Management
— Problemdefinition mit einer Problem-Tree-Analyse
— Planung eines Forschungs- oder Interventionsprogramms
— Präsentation der ausgearbeiteten Projektplanungsskizzen im Plenum.

Zielpublikum, Zulassung

• Basismodul im alten Curriculum für Studierende des Weiterbildungsstudiengangs Public Health
• Teilnehmende mit Projekterfahrung profitieren am meisten von diesem Kurs
• Voraussetzung ist ein Basiswissen hinsichtlich Public-Health-Interventionsstrategien sowie Kenntnisse des schweizerischen Gesundheitssystems

Kurssekretariat
Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut
Socinstrasse 57
Postfach
4002 Basel
Tel: +41 (0)61 284 82 80
Fax: +41 (0)61 284 81 06
E-mail: courses-sti@unibas.ch
Internet: Click here

Goal: Provides an understanding of the dimension of the field of reproductive health at the beginning of the 21st century and presents the scope of child health linked to that of maternal health
Contents: As part of the master in international health core course, this one-week module focuses on the special health needs of mothers and children at district level in developing countries (introduction to reproductive health, the challenges around family planning, issues of safe motherhood, neonatology and paediatrics, HIV/Aids)

— Advanced course for students of the Public Health programme
— Participants with a medical or pedagogical profession or with a background in natural sciences
— At least two years of professional experience
— Working experience in developing countries is an advantage

Kurssekretariat
Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut
Socinstrasse 57
Postfach
4002 Basel
Tel: +41 (0)61 284 82 80
Fax: +41 (0)61 284 81 06
E-mail: courses-sti@unibas.ch or mph@ifspm.uzh.ch
Internet: Click here

This joint curriculum has a strict focus on infectious diseases. Students will learn the cellular and molecular basis of the biology of infection.

• Introduce, update and strengthen basic concepts in scientific disciplines (immunology, biotechnology, vaccinology, biology of infection and microbiology) necessary to diagnose, monitor and prevent communicable diseases of major public health importance.
• Introduce and discuss strategies that ensure effective use of novel technologies for laboratory and field research as well as for diseases surveillance and control.
• Familiarize with key laboratory technologies/approaches specifically related to control of bacterial, parasitic and viral (including HIV) infections of public health importance.
• Perform and evaluate laboratory methods for a) the measurement of immune response to infectious agents and b) the detection of infectious agents in biological samples.
• Outline, discuss and experience through case studies the problems related to drug discovery and development against major communicable and emerging diseases.
• Outline, discuss and experience through case studies the problems related to vaccination (vaccines development, delivery, efficacy testing {epidemiological studies with immunological correlates of protective immunity}).
• Illustrate and discuss the cost-effectiveness of laboratory technologies for the control of communicable diseases.
• Strengthen the partnership, between basic researchers and professionals of academia, R&D companies and public health laboratories necessary for optimal R&D and control of communicable and emerging diseases.

Students may apply for this course when they have obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology or a related subject such as Microbiology or Immunology, or have successfully completed a degree course in Medicine.

Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut
Socinstrasse 57
Postfach
4002 Basel
Tel: +41 (0)61 284 82 89
Fax: +41 (0)61 284 81 06
E-mail: students.tnt-sti@unibas.ch
Internet: Click here

At the beginning students select one of the two options (“Majors”) in this Master level curriculum. A common core of teaching and training are shared by both. This promotes the dialogue between laboratory science and epidemiological research.
With a “Major in Infection Biology”, parasite/host relationships are examined more thoroughly, in particular the technical and methodological knowledge of molecular and cellular interactions through special training, meetings and, usually, by a Master level experimental work.
With a “Major in Epidemiology” the technical and methodological knowledge of epidemiology, biostatistics and health services are deepened, in order to be able to analyze and understand the occurrence and development of infections at population level in different social, cultural and ecological settings.

Mandatory for both majors are: (WS: in winter semester; SS: Summer semester, SWS: hours per week)

• Project work, (WS) Preparing own MSc. project (3 cp)
• Biostatistics 1 (WS) 3 SWS and exercises (4 cp)
• STI Research seminar (with own lecture) (2nd WS) 1 cp
• Interdisciplinary seminar (WS) 1 cp
• Tutorial (individually; during Master’s Thesis) 1 SWS during 2 terms 2 cp for a major in infection biology are additionally required:

For infection biology major, the following are also obligatory:

• Advanced Molecular Parasitology (WS) 2 SWS (2 cp)
• Immunology of Infection (WS) 2 SWS (2 cp)
• Topics in Host-Parasite Interactions (SS) 3 SWS (3cp)

For epidemiology major, the following are also obligatory:

• Key Topics in International Health (WS) 2 SWS (2 cp)
• Epidemiological methods (WS) 3 SWS (3 cp)

Master’s Thesis (50 cp)
The Master’s thesis (including preparation for the final master examination) usually takes 1 year. 50 cp are credited for an accepted master’s thesis. The topic of the thesis must have been approved by one of faculty representatives at the STI.

30. April

Bachelor’s of Science (BSc) degree from the University of Basel in biology, are automatically qualified to participate in the Master studies in Infection Biology and Epidemiology. Qualification of students from other universities is regulated by the regulations for Master level studies of the University of Basel

Prof. Marcel Tanner, Director STI, for questions on the „Major in Epidemiology“
Email: Marcel.Tanner@unibas.ch
Prof. Niklaus Weiss, Head Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, M.Sc. course coordinator, available for questions on the „Major in Biology of Infection“
Email: Niklaus.Weiss@unibas.ch

Tel: +41 (0)61 267 30 23
Fax: +41 (0)61 267 30 35
Email: studsek@unibas.ch
Internet: Click here

Based on the WHO framework from 2000 (and updated in 2007) on health systems performance, this module allows participants to review, discuss and analyse selected health policy issues in Switzerland, also in comparison to Europe, Africa and Asia.
Upon completing the course, the participant should:
— understand the performance framework of health systems and the main conceptual elements of this framework
— be able to critically review and apply the performance framework for current health policy issues in Switzerland
— review, analyse and compare experiences in health system reform and strengthening in countries of Europe, Africa and Asia
— analyse and outline Swiss health policy issues in the light of international examples

The course is divided into two main components:
(1) An introduction to the performance framework of health systems and the main elements of this framework
(2) Five case studies on the main elements of the performance framework applied to the Swiss context:
— stewardship/governance; — health information and evidence for decision-making;
— organization and provision of services, resource planning, allocation and decentralization;
— financing and payment; — quality management systems
More specifically, new concepts of governance and comprehensive health information systems as an integral source of evidence for decision-making will be introduced and their relevance for Switzerland will be discussed. Health care institutions, providers and related managerial functions, including quality management systems, will be presented. Health care financing and payment reforms in Switzerland and elsewhere will be addressed in the context of the overall performance of health systems.

5 March 2009

— Advanced course in the new curriculum (compulsory) and in the former curriculum (optional)
— Public health specialists, medical doctors, economists, epidemiologists and social scientists interested in health system and service planning and management
required are:
— «Gesundheitsrecht» (B301.30); — «Gesundheitspolitik» (B302.30),
— «Gesundheitsökonomie» (B303.30)

PD Dr. Kaspar Wyss, PhD, MPH, MSc, Swiss Tropical Institute (STI), Basel

Ziel: Das Modul informiert die Teilnehmenden über die Bedeutung des Geschlechts im Gesundheitsbereich. Themenbezogen werden epidemiologische Kenntnisse und Methoden vertieft. Die Teilnehmenden lernen, sich gezielt geschlechterbezogene wissenschaftliche Literatur zu beschaffen, diese kritisch zu lesen, die Berücksichtigung von Geschlecht als Public-Health-Aufgabe zu thematisieren und Forschungsfragen auszuformulieren.

Inhalte

• Konzepte und Anwendung der Begriffe «Sex», «Gender» und «Frauengesundheit /Männergesundheit»
• Epidemiologische Kenntnisse zur Frauengesundheit und Mannergesundheit
• Geschlecht als Determinante von Gesundheit, Morbidität und Mortalität: Forschungsansätze und Forschungsergebnisse
• Public-Health-Relevanz von Geschlecht
• Studiendesign (insbesondere Methodik von Kohorten- und Fall-Kontroll-Studien)

23. Juni 2009

Zielpublikum
— Neues Curriculum: Aufbaumodul im Mantelstudium (fakultativ)
— Altes Curriculum: Modul der Aufbaustufe (fakultativ)
— Weitere Fachleute aus dem Gesundheitswesen mit Interesse am Thema

Vorkenntnisse, vorausgesetzt wird:
— «Bevölkerungsbezogene Daten und epidemiologische Studien verstehen» (B101.20)
— «Konzepte, Methoden und Anwendungen der deskriptiven und analytischen Epidemiologie» (B102.30)

Veranstalter: Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin der Universität Basel,
PD Dr. med. MPH Elisabeth Zemp Stutz; ISPM Basel
Steinengraben 49
4051 Basel
Tel: +41 (0)61 270 22 26
Fax: +41 (0)61 270 22 25
Email: elisabeth.zemp@unibas.ch

Ziel: In diesem Kurs werden komplexe Problemstellungen aus dem Themenbereich Umwelt und Gesundheit aus der Public-Health-Perspektive bearbeitet. Dabei werden die in den Basismodulen erworbenen fachlichen und allgemeinen Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse angewendet und vertieft.
Die Teilnehmenden setzen sich mit den besonderen Schwierigkeiten bei der Entwicklung von Forschungsprojekten im Bereich Umwelt und Gesundheit auseinander. Sie können umweltepidemiologische Forschung analysieren und hinsichtlich ihrer gesundheitlichen und ökonomischen Auswirkungen für die Gesellschaft bewerten.
Die Teilnehmenden identifizieren nationale und internationale Datenquellen im Bereich Umwelt und Gesundheit und können diese für verlässliche Recherchen nutzen. Sie diskutieren und erfahren, wie sie sich als Public Health Experten hinsichtlich der Prävention oder Begrenzung von gesundheitlichen Umweltschäden einbringen können.

Inhalte:
- Die Teilnehmenden setzen sich mit dem wissenschaftlichen Kenntnisstand zu ausgewählten Themen im Bereich Umwelt und Gesundheit auseinander. Schwerpunkt bilden die Themenbereiche Gesundheit und Mobilität, Wohnraumbelastungen, Lärm sowie elektromagnetische Felder.
- Methodische Aspekte umfassen umweltepidemiologische Studiendesigns, Methoden zur Abschätzung von Umweltexpositionen in der Bevölkerung sowie Methoden zur Abschätzung der gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen von Umweltschadstoffen auf individueller und gesellschaftlicher Ebene unter Berücksichtigung der ökonomischen Perspektive (Impact Assessment).

3. April 2009

— Neues Curriculum: Aufbaumodul im Kernstudium (obligatorisch)
— Altes Curriculum: Modul der Aufbaustufe (obligatorisch)
— Weitere Fachleute aus dem Gesundheitswesen mit Basiskenntnissen in Public Health

• Aufbaukurs für Studierende des Gesamtprogramms Public Health
• Der Besuch folgender Kurse wird vorausgesetzt: «Bevölkerungsbezogene Daten und epidemiologische Studien verstehen» (B101.20), «Konzepte, Methoden und Anwendungen der deskriptiven und analytischen Epidemiologie» (B102.30), «Biostatistik l» (B 106.20), «Grundlagen der Gesundheitswissenschaft und Sozialepidemiologie» (B201.20), «Forschungsprozess und -methoden in Public Health» (B202.20), «Gesundheitsrecht» (B301.30) und «Gesundheitsökonomie» (B303.30).

Prof. Dr. med. Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer;
Email: c.braun@unibas.ch