public health

Overview This global health and life sciences course enables learners to investigate health problems affecting large populations – the whole world in fact! By understanding the big numbers in global mortality and their causes and distributions you will learn how to think numerically about global...

Overview Like no other event in recent history, the 2014 Ebola outbreak has made clear the fragility of existing health systems. While responding to the current epidemic is critical, we also have an opportunity to learn lessons to prevent the next global health catastrophe, forge partnerships...

Overview Explore the role of medics and healthcare workers in promoting peace On this course you will learn about the key principles and different forms of medical peace work in the context of global health, conflict and violence. You will consider the role healthcare workers have to play in the...

Overview Learn how to contain disease and fight future pandemics Plagues may seem like an occurrence of the past, but outbreaks of infectious disease exist all over the world today. This online course will look at the current and emerging threat of global health pandemics and our response to...

Overview Find out how to plan and manage eye care, to avoid blindness Around the world, 285 million people are blind or visually impaired. 75% of this is avoidable and 90% is in low- and middle-income countries. In this online course we highlight the key facts about avoidable blindness and...

AT A GLANCE Provider: University of Michigan Platform: Coursera Length: 20-22 months Cost: $960/credit hour for Michigan residents, and $1060/credit hour for non-Michigan residents* Format: Completely online First class starting: September 3rd, 2019 Admission deadline: June 1st, 2019 Link to...

Conduct cutting-edge research alongside influential public health leaders & earn a Global MPH from one of the world’s top-10 universities. The Global Master of Public Health from Imperial College London is a highly respected online Master’s degree programme from one of the top 10 universities in...