tropEd

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tropEd an Academic Network for Training in
International HealthCase study on aJoint
Programme

• Axel Hoffmann, PhD
• Swiss Tropical Institute
• General Secretary of tropEd
• Skopje, 31 March 2009

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International Health
Source Pablos-Mendez, WHO, 2004
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International Health is .

• an interdisciplinary approach
• focussing on poverty related health problems
  AND on health systems as a whole
• of concern not only in classical developing
  countries or low- and middle-income countries,
  but is of global concern.
• The underlying principle is the public health
  approach in an international setting.

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Challenges in Teaching and Training

• Teaching and Training in International Public
  Health in an interdisciplinary and holistic way
• Balance of academic knowledge, practical skills
  and demands in the field
• Creating a setting which supports mutual learning
  for change
• Building-up individual AND institutional
  capacities in partner countries
• Building-up sustainable partnerships with
  institutes of higher education
• Quality assurance of joint programmes

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European Network for Education in International
Health
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Core Course 3 months 20 ECTS credits
Core Course
Optional Modules 3 - 6 months in at least 2
institutions in 2 different countries 20 ECTS
credits
Thesis 3 months 20 ECTS credits
Masters Thesis
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Teaching Learning promoting new concepts
and in the 21. century
In the 1950s
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