Public Health Management

By Dr. N. Devadasan | Institute of Public Health Bengaluru

Learners enrolled: 1184

Learning objectives

At the end of the course participant will be able to

1. Outline various health reforms and disease control programmes in India.

2. Examine the structure and functioning of country-level and local (District and Taluka level) health systems and assess their performance.

3. Explain the principles of community participation and identify strategies to improve community participation in health programmes.

4. Compare/contrast various health financing models and use tools to assess degree of coverage of health services in a given community.

Summary

Course Status :	Ongoing
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Management Studies
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	15 Jul 2024
End Date :	31 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends :	31 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	07 Dec 2024 IST
Shift :	2

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Health systems in India - Structure and functioning
Week 2: National Health Programs and Disease Control
Week 3: Managing a local health system
Week 4: Community participation
Week 5: Health Financing
Week 6: Concepts and practices of management & health planning
Week 7: Monitoring and Evaluation
Week 8: Systems thinking and health systems
Week 9: Conclusion (Final test)

Syllabus page

Exam Schedule

Instructor bio

Dr. N. Devadasan

Institute of Public Health Bengaluru

Dr N Devadasan has more than 35 years of experience as a public health professional. A medical doctor from CMC Vellore, he started his career in the forests of Mudumalai, Nilgiris, working with the Adivasis and setting up an entire health system for them. This system continues till date with an extensive network of community health workers, first line nursing aides and a 50-bed referral hospital. He joined the WHO as the NPO for communicable diseases in India and contributed significantly to the creation of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme. He has investigated many outbreaks in the country, including three outbreaks of the deadly Nipah Virus.

He founded the Institute of Public Health in Bengaluru in 2005, essentially to provide a platform for young public health professionals to conduct health systems research, generate evidence, and use it to influence practice. Other than research and advocacy, IPH is also involved in training, providing online (post masters) courses for professionals. Deva retired as the Director of IPH in June 2019 and handed over the reins of IPH to the next generation of leadership. Currently he is preoccupied with his favorite activity - teaching students (MPH, PhD). He is also the course director of the India Health Policy and Systems Research Fellowship, which grooms mid level public health researchers in health systems and health policy research.

Course certificate

Enrolling and learning from the course is free. However, if you wish to obtain a certificate, you must register and take the proctored exam in person at one of the designated exam centre’s. The registration URL will be announced when the registration form is open. To obtain the certification, you need to fill out the online registration form and pay the exam fee. More details will be provided when the exam registration form is published, including any potential changes. For further information on the exam locations and the conditions associated with filling out the form, please refer to the form.

Grading Policy:

Assessment Type	Weightage
Weekend Assessment	25%
Final Exam	75%

Certificate Eligibility:

40% marks and above in weekend assessment
40% marks and above in the final proctored exam

Score	Type of Certificate
>=90	Gold
75 - 89	Silver
70 - 74	Bronze
40 - 70	Successfully Completed
<40	No Certificate

Sample Certificate:

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