Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health

Graduate Certificate in Global Health Practice

First Term

• Academic & Research Ethics at BSPH
• Seminars in Public Health or Essential Medicines, Commodities and Supplies Needed for Community Level Primary Health Care Interventions
• Fundamentals in Global Health Practice

Second Term

• Design and Planning of Primary Health Care Projects

Third Term

• Global Epidemiology Policies and Programs
• Introduction to Epidemiology or Planning Training and Learning Programs for Community Health Workers

Fourth Term

• Social & Cultural Basis for Community and Primary Health Programs (Social and Cultural Basis for Community and Primary Health Programs)

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Certificate program in Global Health Practice, the individual will acquire skills necessary to:

1. Apply capacity building processes to global health programming in low and middle-income countries
2. Identify and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders whose active participation is required for successful global health programming at the community, sub-national, national and regional levels
3. Apply ethical reasoning to the policy and programming decisions needed for designing and implementing global health programs in low and middle-income countries
4. Exhibit a health equity and social justice lens in the design and conduct of global health programs
5. Apply appropriate management processes in the design, implementation and evaluation of global health programs
6. Demonstrate social, cultural and political awareness of the context in which global health programming takes place
7. Conduct strategic analysis of factors that influence the success of global health programming.