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trop. Ed – an Academic Network for Training in International Health Case study on a Joint Programme Axel Hoffmann, Ph. D Swiss Tropical Institute General Secretary of trop. Ed Skopje, 31 March 2009

International Health End of the Cold War End of Eurocolonialism International Health Tropical Medicine 1960’s §Colonial interests §Little Infrastructure §Parasitic diseases and anti-viral vaccines §Pioneering efforts §Western tech experts §Vertical eradication Global Health 1990’s §International solidarity §Growing capacity §Human rights dimension §Professionalization of health §East-West geopolitical divide §Horizontal PHC for all §Globalization/decentralization §Plural landscape; NGOs §AIDS; now MDGs §New Philanthropy & Funds §Public-private space §Health Systems neglect Source: Pablos-Mendez, WHO, 2004 9/15/2020 World Bank Seminar, Skopje, Macedonia 2

International Health is …. • … an interdisciplinary approach • … focussing on poverty related health problems AND on health systems as a whole • … of concern not only in “classical” developing countries or low- and middle-income countries, but is of global concern. The underlying principle is the public health approach in an international setting. 9/15/2020 World Bank Seminar, Skopje, Macedonia 3

Challenges in Teaching and Training • Teaching and Training in International Public Health in an interdisciplinary and holistic way • Balance of academic knowledge, practical skills and demands in the field • Creating a setting which supports mutual learning for change • Building-up individual AND institutional capacities in partner countries • Building-up sustainable partnerships with institutes of higher education • Quality assurance of joint programmes 9/15/2020 World Bank Seminar, Skopje, Macedonia 4

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Core Course 3 months 20 ECTS credits Optional Modules 3 - 6 months in at least 2 institutions in 2 different countries 20 ECTS credits Masters Thesis 9/15/2020 World Bank Seminar, Skopje, Macedonia Thesis 3 months 20 ECTS credits 15

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Teaching & Learning – promoting new concepts … and in the 21. century In the 1950 s …

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