Planning and Managing MCH Programs in Developing Countries

SPH GH 887

Graduate Prerequisites: (SPHPH720) Students may not take both GH744 and GH887 for MPH degree credit. - This course provides a practical framework to enable students to design, manage, and evaluate services for children and women, with an emphasis on child health. The course covers the major health challenges with a focus on children and explores specific interventions to address these challenges. Topics covered include diarrheal disease, acute respiratory infection, immunization, malaria, micronutrient deficiencies, HIV/AIDS, safe motherhood and neonatal health. The final six weeks of the course will give students the opportunity to identify the technical, political, organizational, and environmental factors necessary for a successful program. Students will work in teams to respond to an RFP for improving the health of women, children, or newborns in a developing country. Teams will attend a bidder's conference and then prepare and present a written and oral proposal to an outside grants committee. Students cannot take both IH744 and IH887 for MPH degree credit.

FALL 2024 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Beard INS 109AB T 2:00 pm-4:50 pm Cannot take SPHGH887 and SPHGH744 both for MPH credit
First class meeting has occurred, instructor consent required to add prior to second class meeting

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