MSc in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (MSc TM&H) @ African College of Health
OBJECTIVES:
A multidisciplinary (expanded version of DTM&H) approach to tropical medicine and related public health issues in our ever changing world of disease emergencies and work patterns, focusing on Low and middle Income Countries (LMICs) educational needs in particular.
This program focuses broadly on issues of tropical health, travelers / International health and on clinical tropical medicine with emphasies on scientific basis for preventing, diagnosis, treating, and controlling tropical health problems.
CURRICULUM:
*Selected tropical diseases and case studies shedding lights on diagnosis, treatment, and the implementation of preventive control measures.
*Diagnostic methodologies in today's world.
*Human behavior in relation to
transmission of infection and of local perceptions of the disease.
*Virtual laboratory sessions focusing on diagnostic methods for identification of blood, intestinal, and tissue parasites as well as their vectors.
*Virtual practical lab in parasitology and diagnosis.
COURSE DURATION:
12 months (Starting Jan. the 15th.)
COURSE FEE:
7,500 USD ( an additional fee of 100 USD is required for application processing).
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
MBBS, BSN, B. Pharm and other health related degrees.
Mode of Instruction: Online (Machine Learning, Self-Paced).
Award Title: MSc in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
INTENDED AUDIENCE:
University graduates, health professionals and other individuals with an interest in tropical medicine.
REGISTRATION: MSc TM&H
Requirement(s) for Successful Completion:
Score(s) of 80% and above in all of the courses listed below;
1st Term:
-Water and Sanitation in Tropical Environmental Health (101)
-Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (102)
-Chronic Diseases in Low and Middle Income Countries (103)
-Clinical and Epidemiologic Aspects of Tropical Diseases (104)
-Vector Borne Diseases in the Tropics (105)
-HIV, TB and other Chronic Infections (106)
-Maternal and Child Public Health in the Tropics (107)
-Intestinal Infections in the Tropics (108)
-Qualitative Data Analysis (109)
-Fundamental Virology in the context of COVID -19 (110)
-Immunology, Infection and Disease (111)
-Biology of Parasitism (112)
-Vector Biology and Vector-Borne Diseases (113)
-Malariology (114)
-Investigation of Outbreaks (115).
2nd Term:
-Vaccinology (201)
-Aerosol Generating Procedures 'AGPs' (202)
-Practical Research Skills (203)
-Conflict & Health (204)
-Design & Analysis of
Epidemiological Studies (205)
-Applied Communicable Disease Control (206)
-Control of Sexually Transmitted
Infections (207)
-Ethics, Public Health & Human
Rights (208)
-Epidemiology of Non-
Communicable Diseases (209)
-Evaluation of Public Health
Interventions (210)
-Epidemiology of Infectious
Diseases (211)
-Global Disability and Health (212)
-Immunology of Parasitic Infection (213)
-Applying Public Health Principles (214)
-Neglected Tropical Diseases (215).
3rd. Term:
-Clinical Virology (301)
-Clinical Bacteriology (305)
-Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (310)
-Mycology (315).
ACCREDITATION:
We are in the process of accreditation.
Contact:
African College of Health,
Department of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
wa.me/+2349052389099
Email: africancollegeofhealth@gmail.com
Reg: https://bit.ly/2KWxbm1
(Updated; Jan. 2024)
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