Global Non-Communicable Diseases: epidemiology, health systems and policy

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    5 Days

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for the greatest burden of death and disability worldwide, and the relative burden of them is growing. NCDs are of critical importance to all countries and are firmly on the global public health and development agenda.

This multidisciplinary course will equip participants with the latest knowledge on the current paradigms, controversies and state of the art methods in epidemiology, health systems, health economics and policy issues related to NCDs.

During the course, students will have the opportunity to work in groups towards a presentation which summarises these learning areas in their choice of setting and disease area. They will present at the end of the week to an audience of course faculty and LSHTM staff.
The Centre for Global Chronic Conditions, which organises the course, includes researchers across a range of settings and disciplines.

The faculty includes internationally renowned experts in the field of NCDs including leading academics (such as Professors Dave Leon, Martin McKee, Kara Hanson, Neil Pearce, Ellen Nolte among others), representatives from the World Health Organization, and from non-governmental organisations.

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About this course

The primary aim is to train public health professionals in the interdisciplinary approaches to NCD prevention, treatment and care. Specifically, the course aims to expose participants to key theoretical and empirical knowledge in NCD research from a range of disciplines, including epidemiology, public health, economics and health systems highlighting the commonalities and differences in approaches.

At the end of the course, participants should be able to:

Critically evaluate the measures of NCD burden and their application from monitoring to policy evaluation
Assess the value of different approaches to understand disease burden and risk factors for NCDs
Evaluate health system requirements and capacity for combating global NCDs including the management of conditions
Explain how health economics can be used to inform the policy process from modelling of risk factors to evaluating prevention strategies
Analyse the policy process and the effectiveness of policy opportunities at different levels from system-wide changes to disease management

Anyone working on NCDs will gain an interdisciplinary perspective on this course: from healthcare and public health professionals to policymakers from a range of sectors. The course will have a global focus, with experts and examples from a range of settings. Participants should have a good command of English and some relevant work or study experience.

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Subjects

  • Public Health
  • Systems
  • Presentation
  • Staff
  • Economics
  • Global
  • Public
  • Communicable
  • Disease
  • Epidemiology
  • Health Economics
  • NCDs

Course programme

Course Content
  • Day 1. Setting the Scene
  • Day 2. Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology
  • Day 3. Health Systems
  • Day 4. Health Economics
  • Day 5. Policy and Advocacy as these relate to NCDs
Teaching Methods

The course will draw on the range of expertise available from the members of the Centre for Global Chronic Conditions. Sessions will be run by researchers who specialise in NCDs and lectures will be given by experts in the field. The course will focus on NCDs as an international public health priority, as relevant to low- and middle-income countries as they are in high-income settings.

During the course, students will work in groups towards a presentation. Students will choose a setting and a disease/condition which they will summarise in their presentation with reference to each of the themes covered in the course. They will present their summaries in the form of a short powerpoint presentation at the end of the week to an audience of course faculty and LSHTM staff.

Sessions will run from 09.15-17.00 each day. The course will involve lectures and participatory practical sessions. Course material will be provided to participants at the beginning of the week.

Methods of Assessment

There will be no formal examination or assessment, but feedback will be given on the group presentations. A certificate of attendance will be issued.

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