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Deadline for applications: 22 September 2017 [closed]
Dear colleagues, thank you very much for your interest in our workshop and your numerous applications. Applications are now about to be reviewed by the selection committee. We will inform all applicants of their result soon.
DATE:
December 4-7, 2017
VENUE:
Training Center Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
COURSE FACULTY:
Philip Clarke The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Hoang Van Minh Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam Hannah Clapham Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Marco Liverani London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand Mark Jit London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Joseph Wu School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Hugo Turner Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Marco Haenssgen Center for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, UK
Peter Annear, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Pham Duy Quang Institut Pasteur in Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City
OBJECTIVE:
The workshop will provide basic theory of health economics including socio-economic concepts, methods to define, measure and analyse costs of health policies, as well as comparative analysis of health systems.
Participants will be trained to the planning of public health responses, based on the interactive teaching carried out by expert faculty. Training sessions will cover cost effectiveness analysis of vaccination programs and other interventions, design of surveys, resource allocation strategy.
The workshop will also address how the implementation of these different types of measures is translated into the everyday life of target populations.
PARTICIPANTS' PROFILE:
The course is specifically designed for health personnel, mainly but not exclusively from countries in South East Asia, including medical and health professionals, policy makers, disease researchers interested in expanding their critical understanding of the complex economic issues in health sector administration.
The course will be taught in English. Trainees should have a clear understanding of spoken and written English. Limited to 24 participants.
APPLICATIONS:
The course teaching committee will review applications and select participants who will be notified before 13 October 2017 and will receive an invitation letter together with details on local arrangements.
Please download and return the completed form, including:
a covering letter explaining the reasons for participating in the course
a detailed CV
1-2 recommendation letter(s)
to hku-pasteur@hku.hk before 22 September 2017.
No registration fees – Support for accommodation will be provided to participants – Deadline for applications 22 September 2017 - Limited to 24 participants.
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