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Building global partnerships through shared curricula for an MPH programme in India and Sri Lanka

Journal

GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 14, Issue 9, Pages 1360-1371

Publisher

ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2019.1579850

Keywords

Public Health; curriculum development; India; Sri Lanka; MPH programme

Funding

  1. University of Alabama at Birmingham International Training and Research in Environmental and Occupational Health program [5 D43 TW05750]
  2. National Institutes of Health-Fogarty International Center (NIH-FIC)
  3. MRC [MC_UU_12011/5] Funding Source: UKRI

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Objective To design and implement a locally relevant competency- based MPH programme. Methods The demand for trained public health professionals in South Asia is enormous and growing, which created a unique opportunity for a Fogarty International Center-funded University of Alabama at Birmingham-South Asia [Aga Khan University, Pakistan; Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India; and University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka] international research training in environmental and occupational health (ITREOH) programme. In 2009, a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree programme was designed using a combination of competencies developed by the Association of School of Public Health, the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Results A competency- based curriculum was developed with two specialty tracks in applied epidemiology and environmental and occupational health, emphasising applied practice and research. Conclusions This is the most comprehensive skill-based MPH programme in the region, which positions each institution as a regional leader in public health training. The success of the programme has been amply demonstrated by placements of graduated MPH students in leadership roles in public, private and academic sectors within their countries.

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