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
• 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 Health Initiatives, global treaties and national medicine policy
• Treatment guidelines, essential medicine lists and personal medicine lists
• Patterns of medicine use and adherence, , strategies for promoting rational medicine use
• Antimicrobial resistance and approaches for containment
• Medicine quality and quality assurance
• Rational management of HIV/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis related treatment
• Framework and components of a medicine supply system including procurement and distribution
• Elements of medicine costs, affordability and financing options

English requirements: TOEFL Paper 550 / TOEFL Computer 213 / TOEFL internet 79 – 80 / IELTS 6.0 or native speaker or completed higher education in English (with written proof).

The course fee is CHF 3240.00. For students registered as a tropEd Master student at a tropEd home institution the course fee is CHF 2800.00 and must be paid 4 weeks before beginning of the course. The course fee includes tuition, accommodation/full board. Cost for international flights must be added. Travel to South Africa has to be organized by the participant. This sum includes the registration fee (CHF 500.00) which is due at the moment of acceptance.

Swiss TPH, Basel, Switzerland and Ifakara

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.

2011: 14 November - 2 December 2011 in Ifakara
2012: 18 - 29 June 2012 in Basel

31 March 2011

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.

Swis Tropical and Public Health Institute , 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.

Ifakara, Tanzania, http://www.healthtrainingifakara.org/

The course aims at introducing the basic principles of strategic programme and project management. It also focuses on practical aspects of the planning and implementation process, using the techniques of a simulation exercise and computer based support.

Objectives and content
Part I Health policies and priorities: By the end of the course participants will be able
– To critically reflect 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 and Public Health Institute

Part II Planning and Programme Design: Participants will work as a team and will design a health programme and prepare a proposal. By the end of the course, working both as individuals
and as members of a team, participants will be able to:
– Define a target population and formulate programme objectives within the context of a countries national development goals and objectives
– Define the outputs that will enable a satisfactory achievement of those objectives
– Identify verifiable indicators which will demonstrate performance in terms of outputs and objectives
– Outline the strategies and indicate the activities required to produce the proposed outputs
– Determine the inputs necessary for completing the proposed activities
– Identify the more significant assumptions underlying the implementation of the activities
– Prepare a complete programme proposal that clearly and coherently presents the programme planning, design and evaluation processes
– Present and defend the completed programme design and the rationale for the design
– Undertake the processes necessary for the successful selection and recruitment of staff

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 refresher 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 and Public Health 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
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Informations on the partner institute, the Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre can be obtained at http://www.healthtrainingifakara.org/

Termine für 2011:
1. Teil "Grundmodul" 19. September - 14. Oktober 2011
2. Teil "Biomedizinisches Modul" 17. Oktober - 11. November 2011
Termine für 2012:
Grundmodul: 17. September - 12. Oktober 2012
Biomedizinisches Modul: 15. Oktober - 9. November 2012

Schweizerisches Tropen-und Public Health-Institut
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
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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

30 January - 3 February 2012

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 and Public Health 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
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Health in Sub-Saharan Africa has always been experienced, debated and pursued in a specific historical context. At the same time the history of health and health care in a specific local setting cannot be separated from processes on a larger scale. Neither diseases nor ideas and practices about health, healing and care stopped at colonial or national borders.

This conference looks beyond the borders of colonial empires and national states by bringing together researchers with different temporal and spatial perspectives on the history of health, health care and medical research in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The conference concludes the three-year research project 'History of Health Systems in Africa: Swiss Mission Hospitals and Rural Health Delivery in the 20th Century', led by the Department of History in collaboration with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and the Institute of Social Anthropology at the University of Basel."

12. -14. September 2011

Internet: http://zasb.unibas.ch/research/research-projects/

Goal: This basic module introduces public health decision-makers to new evidence on health interventions and assist them in using this evidence for programme planning.
Contents: This course is divided into three main components:
— An introduction to the concept of health interventions and their evaluation, including the «development pipeline» for new interventions - from first ideas to evaluation of programme impact. The course also reviews the basics of randomized controlled trials, the concepts of «efficacy» and «effectiveness», and discusses the ethics of intervention studies.
— A case study on the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets for malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa: from the very first studies in the field to policy formulation at national and international level, and finally large-scale implementation and its evaluation.
— A case study from Switzerland on a school-based physical activity promotion programme will be used as a basis for group work to discuss different approaches to assess effectiveness. The Kinder- und Jugend-Sportstudie (KISS) will be presented as an example of a randomized controlled intervention trial in the Swiss context.

27 - 28 October 2011

Koordinationsstelle des Interuniversitären Weiterbildungsprogramms Public Health
ISPM der Universität Zürich, Hirschengraben 84, 8001 Zürich
Tel: + 41 (0)44 634 46 51
Fax: +41 (0)44 634 49 62
Email: mph@ifspm.uzh.chS
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 (24. Februar, 31. März und 26. Mai 2011)
• Darmprotozoen: 5. Mai 2011

Tageskurse deutsch: 24. Februar 2011, 5. Mai 2011, 26. Mai 2011
Tageskurse französisch: 31. März 2011

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

Tel: +41 (0)61 284 82 80
Fax: +41 (0)61 284 81 06
E-mail: courses-sti@unibas.ch
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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 Tropen- und Public Health-Institut
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
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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 core course of the Master in International Health, this one-week module focuses on the special health needs of mothers and children at district level in countries with resources constrains (introduction to sexual and reproductive health and rights, the challenges around family planning, issues of safe motherhood, maternal, newborn and child health, HIV/AIDS, socio-cultural and economic mediators of sexual and reproductive health).

— 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 Tropen- und Public Health-Institut
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
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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.

Tel: +41 (0)61 284 82 89
Fax: +41 (0)61 284 81 06
E-mail: students.tnt-sti@unibas.ch
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This Master curriculum of the University of Basel starts in the autumn semester. The degree of a "Master of Science in Infection Biology" normally requires 3 semesters (90 credit points) for students with a Bachelor degree.

The MSc degree in Infection Biology centres mainly on laboratory based work. All courses and lab work are taught in English.

Mandatory:
Basic Biostatistics I
Interdisciplinary Seminar (Control of Infectious Diseases and other issues)
Swiss TPH Spring Research Seminar
Swiss TPH Autumn Research Seminar
Advanced Molecular Parasitology
Immunology of Infection
Topics in Host-Parasite Interactions
Applied Bioinformatics
Concepts in molecular Epidemiology
Drug Discovery and Development for Parasitic Diseases
Evolution of host- parasite interactions

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 Swiss TPH.

30 April

Bachelor of Science in Biology, Medicine or Veterinary Medicine with a minimum average degree of 5.0. Basic knowledge in parasitology/infection biology of at least 4 CP. For students with a BSc degree but an insufficient mark, the student can alternatively pass the GRE test in the area of "Quantitative Reasoning" provided the result is in the top 35%.

Prof. Christian Lengeler, (Master in Infectiiology)
Email: christian.lengeler@unibas.ch

Tel: +41 (0)61 284 82 89
Fax: +41 (0)61 284 81 06
Email: courses-sti@unibas.ch
Internet: http://www.swisstph.ch/teaching/msc-in-infection-biology.html

This Master curriculum of the University of Basel starts in the autumn semester. The degree of a "Master of Science in Epidemiology" normally requires 3 semesters (90 credit points) for students with a Bachelor degree.
The MSc degree in Epidemiology centres on the pursuit of an epidemiological research topic such as basic research, population-based clinical or interventions research and analysis. All courses are taught in English.

Mandatory:
Epidemiological exposure assessment
Chronic disease and molecular epidemiology
Basic Biostatistics I
Statistical modelling
Interdisciplinary Seminar (Control of Infectious Diseases and other issues)
Swiss TPH Spring Research Seminar
Swiss TPH Autumn Research Seminar
Epidemiological Methods
Key Issues in International and Public Health
Epidemiological Concepts
Data analysis in Epidemiology

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 Swiss TPH.

30 April

Bachelor of Science in Natural Sciences, medicine or veterinary medicine with a minimum average degree of 5.0. Students with a BSc in a different branch will be assessed individually. Basic knowledge in epidemiology/statistics of at least 4 CP.
For students with a BSc degree but an insufficient mark, the student can alternatively pass the GRE test in the area of “Quantitative Reasoning” provided the result is in the top 35 %.

Prof. Reto Brun, (Master in Epidemiology)
Email: reto.brun@unibas.ch

Tel: +41 (0)61 284 82 89
Fax: +41 (0)61 284 81 06
Email: courses-sti@unibas.ch
Internet: http://www.swisstph.ch/en/teaching/msc-in-epidemiology.html

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.

30 June 2011

— 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: In diesem Kurs bearbeiten Sie komplexe Problemstellungen aus dem Themenbereich Umwelt und Gesundheit aus der Public-Health-Perspektive und setzen sich mit den besonderen Schwierigkeiten bei der Entwicklung von entsprechenden Forschungsprojekten und Interventionen auseinander.

Dazu
* identifizieren Sie nationale und internationale Datenquellen im Bereich Umwelt und Gesundheit und nutzen diese für verlässliche Recherchen
* analysieren Sie die umweltepidemiologische Forschung und bewerten diese hinsichtlich ihrer gesundheitlichen und ökonomischen Auswirkungen für die Gesellschaft
* diskutieren und erfahren Sie, wie Sie sich als Public-Health-Experten hinsichtlich der Prävention oder Begrenzung von gesundheitlichen Umweltschäden einbringen können.

9. März 2011

vorausgesetzt wird:
* «Bevölkerungsbezogene Daten und epidemiologische Studien verstehen» (B101.20)
* «Konzepte, Methoden und Anwendungen der deskriptiven und analytischen Epidemiologie» (B102.30)
* «Biostatistik I» (B106.20)
* «Grundlagen der Gesundheitswissenschaft und Sozialepidemiologie» (B201.20)
* «Forschungsmethoden in Public Health» (B202.20) oder «Social Science Research Methods in Public Health» (B202.30)
* «Gesundheitsrecht» (B301.30)
* «Gesundheitsökonomie» (B303.30)

Prof. Dr. med. Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer, Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institut,
Prof. Dr. Martin Röösli, Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institut, Basel

Goal: This course is designed to provide students with a sound understanding of the mechanisms of drug development, the contribution of pharmaceuticals to health care, and their importance for society at large. The roles of national and international key players (pharmaceutical industry; regulatory authorities such as the Food and Drug Administration (USA), European Medicines Agency (EU), Swissmedic; reimbursement authorities such as the Federal Office of Public Health and Eidgenössische Arzneimittelkomission; health insurance companies; non-governmental organisations; and WHO) will be assessed. Conceptual frameworks and processes in the development, assessment, regulation, pricing and reimbursement of pharmaceuticals, and their implications for public health will be examined. We will highlight the diverse roles of public health experts and their contributions to complex drug development and negotiation processes.

31 August 2011

# Basic course in the new curriculum (optional)
# Public health professionals
# Physicians and scientists interested in the role of medicines
# Allied health professionals

Prof. Dr. med. Thomas D. Szucs, Institut für Pharmazeutische Medizin der Universität Basel
PD Dr. Matthias Schwenkglenks, Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin der Universität Zürich und Institut für Pharmazeutische Medizin der Universität Basel

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

This 2-week course will provide a comprehensive introduction to Bayesian spatial modeling in public health and epidemiology. Participants will be introduced to the basics of Bayesian modeling and computation and they will learn how to model areal and geostatistical data for identifying significant covariates and for geographical prediction and mapping of a range of
health-related outcomes. Participants will be also introduced in remote sensing (RS) and geographical information systems (GIS) in order to extract environmental predictors from satellite sources, process satellite data and map raw data as well as modelbased predictions. The course will involve theory and computer practical exercises in R, Openbugs, IDRISI, and OpenGIS.

The course is intended for researchers working in the field of epidemiology and public health, statisticians, geographers and planners who deal with spatial data. Some statistical/epidemiological background would be beneficial but is not essential.

Please contact the Course-Secretariat, Swiss TPH, P.O. Box, CH - 4002 Basel, Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)61 284 82 34
Fax: +41 (0)61 284 81 06,
E-mail: courses-sti@unibas.ch
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