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Organization: KIT Royal Tropical Institute
Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam
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Closing Date: 2025-04-15
This two-week course offers an introduction and overview of digital health, including a strong emphasis on how in reality, digital health functions in various settings. Participants will discuss how digital health interventions can help push the triple aim of Universal Health Coverage and Sustainable Goal Development for more people at a lower cost in different settings in high-, low- and middle-income countries. The programme discusses what kind of analysis is needed for developing digital health interventions, which stakeholders should be involved and cross-cutting issues to be considered when implementing DHI in low resources settings.
Objectives
At the end of the course the participants will be able to:
Week 1
- Explain principles and concepts of digital health, including the effect of digital health on health behaviour and on health systems
- Discuss digital health interventions as means to address health challenges in different settings
- Discuss opportunities and limitations that digital health interventions bring while providing Universal Health Coverage in high, low and middle-income countries
- Recognize and address ethics and health equity data governance issues related to digital health interventions
Week 2
- Develop strategic problem-solving strategies using digital health to address challenges in the health sector
- Combine technical, analytical and networking skills for developing and embedding digital health interventions in a systemic approach
- Develop and evaluate potential digital tools and strategies in different settings (acknowledging their characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, and performance while implemented)
For more information on this course go to: https://www.kit.nl/institute/programme/global-perspectives-on-digital-health/
This course is tropEd accredited and can be followed as a stand-alone course or as specialisation course of the Master in Public Health and Health Equity programme.
Fee information
Regular course fee EUR 1.780
We offer a range of discounts for early bird applicants, alumni, tropEd students and groups. See below the discounts and fees for the course. See for more information about our discounts for groups and other short courses on our exclusive discount page: https://www.kit.nl/study/exclusive-discounts-for-our-study-programmes/
This fee covers the course fee and study material. It does not include any other costs like travel costs, insurance, visa, accommodation, daily expenses, etc.
How to register
Application procedure
The complete application is due 2 months before the start of the course.
Please upload your application online via KIT Online Application System by clicking on the ‘Apply now’ button on the KIT website, or login with your existing account via: https://application.kit.nl
The following documents should be uploaded:
- A one-page letter of motivation
- Copies of your diplomas
- Copies of your academic transcripts (grade reports)
- An up-to-date curriculum vitae and a list of publications if applicable
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