Msc global health, law and governance blizard institute
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Postgraduate
In London
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Postgraduate
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London
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Decisions made at the global or international level, including those related to trade, aid, conflict and climate change, can have a profound impact on health at the national and local levels.
For example, when the International Monetary Fund, US government and Harvard-trained economists such as Jeffrey Sachs, encouraged former Soviet Union states to undertake a rapid transition to capitalism in the early-1990s, the subsequent economic “Shock Therapy” caused mass unemployment and seven million people died prematurely from so-called diseases of despair related to increased alcohol consumption.
Another example is the ten to twelve million people with HIV/AIDS who died unnecessarily because patent-holding pharmaceutical companies, with the support of US and European governments, used international law to obstruct the sale of low cost generic antiretroviral drugs to poor people in sub-Saharan Africa.
The MSc in Global Health Law and Governance encourages students to critically analyse the manner in which global and international institutions, instruments, and policies influence public health. Students will examine the role of the World Health Organization, and other key global health actors. This includes: international organizations including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization; philanthropic actors such as the Gates Foundation; private companies including Big Pharma and Big Tobacco; and global health partnerships such as GAVI and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Students are taught from a multidisciplinary perspective by medical doctors, public health consultants, lawyers, economists, political scientists, sociologists, geographers, and anthropologists. of Medicine and Dentistry that is directed by Professor David McCoy, and taught by a multidisciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical academics from the Centre for Primary Care and Public...
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MKLC is amazing and provides excellent quality work.
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The university provides top notch accommodation which might seem expensive but compared to private renting it's much more cheaper, getting into the union is really easy as they really work hard to improve the student experience. you just need to be aware of whom to talk for what problem and you will see how different it is academically.
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Subjects
- Trade
- Medical training
- Part Time
- Medical
- Public
- Law
- Global
- International
- Governance
- IT Law
- Public Health
Course programme
Structure
MSc Global Health, Law and Governance is available for study for one year full-time, or two years part-time.
In the first semester, modules develop the key concepts and research methods and analysis. These present you with relevant methodological issues and challenges while providing interdisciplinary foundations. In the second semester, you gain a more detailed understanding of areas relevant to your interests through specialist and elective modules.
Core modules- Epidemiology and Statistics
- Evidence, Policy and Global Health
- Health Inequalities and Social Determinants of Health
- Health Systems, Policy and Practice
- Dissertation
- Global Health Governance and Law
- Human Rights and Public Health
- Governance of Migration, Displacement and Healthcare
- Gender, Sexuality and Health
- Anthropology and Global Health
- Health Systems Theory, Policy and Political Economy
- Ecological Global Health
- Globalisation and Contemporary Medical Ethics
- Understanding and Managing Human Resources for Global Health
- Researching Global Health and Biomedicine- Geneva Field Class
- Economics of Development
- Human Resource Management in the Public Services
Our core modules are studied in the first semester only, from the third week of September to mid December.
Optional and specialist modules are studied in the second semester only, from the second week of January to the end of March.
Full-timeUndertaking an MSc programme is a serious commitment, with weekly contact hours being in addition to numerous hours of independent learning and research needed to progress at the required level. When coursework or examination deadlines are approaching independent learning hours may need to increase significantly. Each module you study is worth 15 credits. University guidelines suggest that for every 15 credits, a student will need to study for 150 hours. You will usually have one 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour seminar per module, per week. You should expect to be on campus at least 3 days a week.
Part-timeOur part-time study options mean you can complete this MSc over two years. This MSc programme consist of four core modules, two specialist modules and two optional modules and finally a dissertation, worth a total of 180 credits.
A part time student is required to take two of the core module worth 15 credits in semester one of the first year. In the second semester of the first year a part time student will take two specialist modules of 15 credits. The first year teaching is completed by early April, and final assessments submitted by the end of May.
In the second year a part time student will take the other two core modules worth 15 credits in semester one, and in the second semester they would take a further two optional modules worth 15 credits. In the second year a part time student would research and write their 10,000-12,000 word dissertation worth 60 credits. This is usually submitted in August.
University guidelines suggest that for every 15 credits, a student will need to study for 150 hours. This is worth considering when thinking about studying part time. You will usually have one 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour seminar per module, per week.
Distance LearningThis programme is not currently available as distance learning, although we hope to make this available in the future. Contact us for further information.
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