Masters Degree in Public Health

Posted October 15th, 2009 by admin

Time Line: 2010, entry to educational program

Program Description:

  • Master’s (one-year or two-year program) in the U.S. from a school of public health with a concentration in either International Health or Epidemiology/Biostatistics with an emphasis (through intensive coursework) on nutrition, maternal and child health, reproductive health, demography, health systems, health financing, health policy.
  • The objective of this program is to support future leaders in public health to attain a higher post-graduate degree from a U.S. institution in public health.  Selected candidates will study the principles of public health from an international health perspective becoming conversant with:
    1. the latest evidence-based interventions to improve primary health care of mothers, children and communities;
    2. health system capacity development issues including human resource management, health financing, decentralization and governance, program management, quality assurance, and behavior change and communication; and
    3. mastering the technical tools applied in surveillance, monitoring and evaluation of health programs, biostatistical and epidemiological analysis, and public health research.

Target Participants:

  • Eligible candidates may come from the Ministry of Health, civil society groups (e.g. medical professional associations, NGOs, health advocacy groups, foundations), health professionals working in the development sector with international or local organizations, and faculty from schools of public health and/or preventive or community medicine tracks within medical schools at accredited Indonesian universities.
  • Every attempt will be made to balance candidate selection by gender, geographic affiliation, and public and private sector employment background/affiliation.

Technical Qualifications:

Candidates with prior training and work experience in public health or related fields will be given preference.  Specific preferred areas of prior work experience include, but are not limited to:

  • maternal or neonatal mortality prevention
  • national public health program implementation (immunization, vitamin A, diarrhea management, IMCI, child nutrition, family planning)
  • health governance – finance, policy analysis
  • health care management – quality of care
  • behavior change communication
  • advocacy for health