The Institute for Global Health works in partnership with many worldwide agencies, NGOs, Ministries of Health, academic institutions, the UK NHS and enterprise to enhance health.
Class sizes are small because of the selective nature of this programme and centre round discussions between the lecturers and students. Students take pleasure in a variety of lecturers from the VU Amsterdam, and our partner organisations within the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD). We also organise Master Classes for which we invite national and worldwide lecturers and who’re main world health specialists.
After the completed software has been submitted by way of the online portal, it is sent to the admission board who evaluations all the paperwork. Those which are eligible at first assessment receive an internet-primarily based entrance examination. Once the exam is completed and sent back, a skype or cellphone interview is scheduled between the applicant and the director of the programme. The admission board takes all of those factors into account and decides whether the applicant is accepted into the programme.
Overuse and misuse of antibiotics in people and in animal farming are contributing to the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance. There is nonetheless restricted information on the magnitude and implications of this antibiotic consumption as surveillance techniques are usually weak in low and center income international locations. A research venture in Cameroon seeks to quantify and investigate using antibiotics in people and livestock.