Picture the scene - a health worker sits in a health centre consultation room, facing a long queue of people who have come to be treated. The health worker is committed to their job, but has so little time to talk to and treat each person. Why are so many people visiting the health centre, often late in their illness? Many cases of disease could have been prevented completely; for example, by immunisation or improved sanitation. What of the sick people locally who do not come to the health facilities for help?

A 'public health' approach to health care looks at this wider picture. Public health professionals aim to understand the health needs and intervene to improve the health of their communities. This includes the whole population, not just the most visible members (for example, those who come to the health facilities). All people who are involved in developing programmes and services tackling the causes of the most common disease need to have a public health perspective.

The Master of Public Health (International) allows you to gain the public health knowledge and skills needed to develop improved health programmes and services in low-middle income countries. The Nuffield Centre has been teaching this course for over 20 years, and has established a large alumni network of health managers and planners holding senior positions around the world.

On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Use epidemiological and statistical skills to analyse health needs and trends
• Appraise different strategies for control of diseases and other priority health services in order to select the most effective and feasible
• Design coherent programmes and prepare action plans for implementation of programmes
• Describe and analyse health organisational systems
• Discuss issues in health policy related to improving quality, access and acceptability of health services

Transferable skills
• Take a proactive role in problem-solving, critically review evidence and arrive at an informed judgement
• Plan and manage tasks independently, and work appropriately in a team
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Have a capacity for independent learning and continuing professional development.

Diploma: The Diploma course extends over 9 months starting in September. It is arranged in modules, with at total of 120 credits. This includes:

• Foundations of International Health (30 credits) - providing a foundation for all subsequent learning, this module introduces international health and health systems.
• Principles of Public Health (International) (30 credits) – studying the definition of health needs using epidemiological and statistical methods, and how to meet needs through public health interventions and strategies.
• You choose four optional modules (60 credits total) from 19 modules of specialised fields of interest and relevance to your studies, such as:
o Public Health in Practice
o Non-Communicable Diseases
o Communicable Disease Control
o Health Promotion

Successful completion of the Diploma allows you to apply, and transfer credits to, the Masters in Public Health (International).

Information & Admissions Office
Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development
University of Leeds
Charles Thackrah Building
101 Clarendon Road
Leeds
LS2 9LJ
United Kingdom
Name of Contact Person: Mrs Zeba Ahmad
Email: nuffield@leeds.ac.uk
Internet MA: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lihs/nuffield/landt/ma_ph_int.htm
or http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lihs/nuffield/documents/ncihd-pg.pdf

For most low-middle income countries, hospitals represent the main concentrations of health resources, professional skills and medical equipment. Hospitals are a crucial component of primary health care, supporting lower-level facilities through, for example, treating referred patients. A hospital is a complex organisation, containing a series of subsystems. How can a hospital manager ensure that their hospital's services are high-quality, available, acceptable and affordable to communities, and are working in partnership with local health services?

The Master of Hospital Management has been offered by the Nuffield Centre since 1992, and is one of only two courses in the UK focusing on low-middle income countries. The Nuffield Centre has been teaching this course for over 15 years, and has established a large alumni network of health managers and planners holding senior positions around the world.

On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Analyse the management and development issues faced by hospital managers
• Review and evaluate services using concepts of organisation and structure, methods of planning and managing resources
• Compare national and international health policy and management issues
• Analyse and develop hospital service policies in the relevant local and national context
• Understand the principles of good governance and professional ethics

Transferable skills
• Take a proactive role in problem-solving, critically review evidence and arrive at an informed judgement
• Plan and manage tasks independently, and work appropriately in a team
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Have a capacity for independent learning and continuing professional development.

1 Year (Master) 9 months (Diploma).

The Masters course extends over one calendar year starting in September. It is arranged in modules, with a total of 180 credits. This includes:
• Foundations of International Health (30 credits) - providing a foundation for all subsequent learning, this module introduces international health and health systems.
• Principles of Hospital Management (30 credits) - the theory and practice of management in hospitals, their role within the health system and how hospitals are organised.
• Hospital Experience Attachment (30 credits) – a three week placement in an NHS district hospital.
• You choose three optional modules (45 credits total) from 19 modules of specialised fields of interest and relevance to your studies, such as:
o Quality Improvement in Health Care
o Human Resources Planning and Development for Health
o Management of Finance
• Dissertation (45 credits) - the highlight of your studies - a 10,000 word dissertation on a topic in the area of Hospital Management

The Diploma course extends over 9 months starting in September. It is arranged in modules, with a total of 120 credits. This includes:
• Foundations of International Health (30 credits) - providing a foundation for all subsequent learning, this module introduces international health and health systems.
• Principles of Hospital Management (30 credits) - the theory and practice of management in hospitals, their role within the health system and how hospitals are organised.
• You choose three or four optional modules (60 credits total) from 19 modules of specialised fields of interest and relevance to your studies, such as:
o Quality Improvement in Health Care
o Human Resources Planning and Development for Health
o Management of Finance

Successful completion of the Diploma allows you to apply, and transfer credits to, the Masters in Hospital Management.

£5900 UK & EU students. £11950 Overseas Students.

Imagine the latest proposal for health sector reform in your country, which is strongly backed by international donors, appears on your desk for comment. The proposal makes a strong call for adapting private management practices in the government health services. Is this a good idea? What comments would you write?

The answer to this (and many other similarly important) questions require a critical and analytical view of the key issues around health management, planning and policy. Health managers and planners provide the crucial vision, direction, governance and stewardship a health system needs to operate efficiently. Great expectations for achieving objectives are placed upon health managers and planners. Unfortunately, they have to work within constraints (for example, lack of resources, lack of motivation, political instability) and these restrict their choice and activity. How can these constraints be managed?
The Masters in Health Management, Planning and Policy provides a multi-disciplinary, critically analytical and practice-based approach to the main challenges and issues in management, planning and policy which face the providers of health and health-related services in low-middle income countries. The Nuffield Centre has been teaching this course for over 20 years, and has established a large alumni network of health managers and planners holding senior positions around the world.

On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the field of health management, planning and policymaking in developing health systems, with particular reference to government and NGO sectors
• Apply knowledge and skills in selected areas of health management, planning and policy to local circumstances
• Review types of policies, situations and issues in the field of health management, planning and policymaking in developing health systems, with particular reference to government and NGO sectors
• Discuss ethical issues, and adopt and justify an appropriate ethical stance

Transferable skills

• Take a proactive role in problem-solving, critically review evidence and arrive at an informed judgement
• Plan and manage tasks independently, and work appropriately in a team
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Have a capacity for independent learning and continuing professional development

Masters

• Foundations of International Health (30 credits) - providing a foundation for all subsequent learning, this module introduces international health and health systems.
• Principles of Health Management, Planning and Policy (30 credits) – studying the challenges health planners, managers and policy makers face in resource-limited countries.
• You choose four or five optional modules (75 credits total) from 19 modules of specialised fields of interest and relevance to your studies, such as:
  o Health Management, Planning and Policy in Practice
  o Research for Health Managers, Planners and Policy Makers
  o Health System Requirements for Effective Decentralisation
  o Health Economics for Financial Planning
• Dissertation (45 credits) - the highlight of your studies - a 10,000 word dissertation on a topic in the area of health management, planning and policy.

Diploma

• Foundations of International Health (30 credits) - providing a foundation for all subsequent learning, this module introduces international health and health systems.
• Principles of Health Management, Planning and Policy (30 credits) – studying the challenges health planners, managers and policy makers face in resource-limited countries.
• You choose three or four optional modules (60 credits total) from 19 modules of specialised fields of interest and relevance to your studies, such as:
  o Health Management, Planning and Policy in Practice
  o Research for Health Managers, Planners and Policy Makers
  o Health System Requirements for Effective Decentralisation
  o Health Economics for Financial Planning

Successful completion of the Diploma allows you to apply, and transfer credits to, the Masters in Health Management, Planning & Policy.

Course Director: Dr Ricky Kalliecharan; Email: r.kalliecharan@leeds.ac.uk
Nuffield staff, who have all worked in resource-poor settings, have the qualifications, experience and teaching skills to help you achieve your learning potential. Our active research and consultancy work around the world ensure we are always aware of the current issues and priorities for health systems in low-middle income countries.

Information & Admissions Office
Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development
University of Leeds
Charles Thackrah Building
101 Clarendon Road
Leeds
LS2 9LJ
United Kingdom
Name of Contact Person: Mrs Zeba Ahmad
Email: nuffield@leeds.ac.uk
Internet MA: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lihs/nuffield/landt/ma_hmpp.htm
or http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lihs/nuffield/documents/ncihd-pg.pdf

On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the field of health management, planning and policymaking in developing health systems, with particular reference to government and NGO sectors
• Apply knowledge and skills in selected areas of health management, planning and policy to local circumstances
• Review types of policies, situations and issues in the field of health management, planning and policymaking in developing health systems, with particular reference to government and NGO sectors
• Discuss ethical issues, and adopt and justify an appropriate ethical stance

Transferable skills
• Take a proactive role in problem-solving, critically review evidence and arrive at an informed judgement
• Plan and manage tasks independently, and work appropriately in a team
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Have a capacity for independent learning and continuing professional development.

Successful completion of the Certificate allows you to apply, and transfer credits to, the Diploma or Masters in Health Management, Planning and Policy.

Information & Admissions Office
Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development
University of Leeds
Charles Thackrah Building
101 Clarendon Road
Leeds
LS2 9LJ
United Kingdom
Name of Contact Person: Mrs Zeba Ahmad
Email: nuffield@leeds.ac.uk
Internet: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/accommodation/prospective_students.htm

For most low-middle income countries, hospitals represent the main concentrations of health resources, professional skills and medical equipment. Hospitals are a crucial component of primary health care, supporting lower-level facilities through, for example, treating referred patients. A hospital is a complex organisation, containing a series of subsystems. How can a hospital manager ensure that their hospital's services are high-quality, available, acceptable and affordable to communities, and are working in partnership with local health services?

The Master of Hospital Management has been offered by the Nuffield Centre since 1992, and is one of only two courses in the UK focusing on low-middle income countries. The Nuffield Centre has been teaching this course for over 15 years, and has established a large alumni network of health managers and planners holding senior positions around the world.

On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Analyse the management and development issues faced by hospital managers
• Review and evaluate services using concepts of organisation and structure, methods of planning and managing resources
• Compare national and international health policy and management issues
• Analyse and develop hospital service policies in the relevant local and national context
• Understand the principles of good governance and professional ethics

Transferable skills
• Take a proactive role in problem-solving, critically review evidence and arrive at an informed judgement
• Plan and manage tasks independently, and work appropriately in a team
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Have a capacity for independent learning and continuing professional development.

Successful completion of the Certificate allows you to apply, and transfer credits to, the Diploma or Masters in Hospital Management.

Information & Admissions Office
Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development
University of Leeds
Charles Thackrah Building
101 Clarendon Road
Leeds
LS2 9LJ
United Kingdom
Name of Contact Person: Mrs Zeba Ahmad
Email: nuffield@leeds.ac.uk
Internet: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lihs/nuffield/landt/cert_hm.htm

Picture the scene - a health worker sits in a health centre consultation room, facing a long queue of people who have come to be treated. The health worker is committed to their job, but has so little time to talk to and treat each person. Why are so many people visiting the health centre, often late in their illness? Many cases of disease could have been prevented completely; for example, by immunisation or improved sanitation. What of the sick people locally who do not come to the health facilities for help?

A 'public health' approach to health care looks at this wider picture. Public health professionals aim to understand the health needs and intervene to improve the health of their communities. This includes the whole population, not just the most visible members (for example, those who come to the health facilities). All people who are involved in developing programmes and services tackling the causes of the most common disease need to have a public health perspective.

The Certificate of Public Health (International) allows you to gain the public health knowledge and skills needed to develop improved health programmes and services in low-middle income countries. The Nuffield Centre has been teaching this course for over 20 years, and has established a large alumni network of health managers and planners holding senior positions around the world.

On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Use epidemiological and statistical skills to analyse health needs and trends
• Appraise different strategies for control of diseases and other priority health services in order to select the most effective and feasible
• Design coherent programmes and prepare action plans for implementation of programmes
• Describe and analyse health organisational systems
• Discuss issues in health policy related to improving quality, access and acceptability of health services.

Transferable skills
• Take a proactive role in problem-solving, critically review evidence and arrive at an informed judgement
• Plan and manage tasks independently, and work appropriately in a team
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Have a capacity for independent learning and continuing professional development.

Successful completion of the Certificate allows you to apply, and transfer credits to, the Diploma or Masters in Public Health (International).

Information & Admissions Office
Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development
University of Leeds
Charles Thackrah Building
101 Clarendon Road
Leeds
LS2 9LJ
United Kingdom
Name of Contact Person: Mrs Zeba Ahmad
Email: z.i.ahmad@leeds.ac.uk or nuffield@leeds.ac.uk
Internet: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lihs/nuffield/landt/cert_ph_int.htm

• Describe and demonstrate knowledge of current international health issues and concerns
• Describe and demonstrate knowledge of policies and programmes that contribute to and hinder improvement in health
• Describe and analyse different health systems and programmes and their application to health problems
• Explain epidemiological, social, cultural, and gendered aspects of health in international contexts
• Acquire knowledge of population groups that are at increased risk of poor health and be familiar with policies and programmes designed to reduce health inequalities
• Describe the basic methods used to assess and evaluate health programmes
• Acquire, through a practical field project, an in-depth understanding of a particular aspect of international health
• Conform to professional boundaries and norms

Transferable Skills
• Ability to travel and apply international health knowledge and skills
• Capacity to exercise own initiative and personal responsibility, and to work within a multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural team
• Ability to undertake scholarly and appropriate public health research

Content:
Key Issues in International Health (15 credits)
Challenges and Opportunities in International Health (15 credits)
Policy for Health and Development (15 credits)
Health Care Systems & Programmes (15 credits)
Health Systems Research Methods (15 credits)
Dissertation Part I – Literature Review (15 credits)
Dissertation Part II – Field Project (45 credits)
3 optional Modules (45 credits)

Course Director - Dr Zafar Ullah

Dr Zafar Ullah

Information & Admissions Office,
Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development
University of Leeds
Charles Thackrah Building
101 Clarendon Road
Leeds, LS2 9LJ
United Kingdom
Email: nuffield@leeds.ac.uk
Internet: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lihs/nuffield/landt/msc_int_health.htm
or http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lihs/nuffield/documents/msc_int.pdf